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Group 208: Latin
2681. Stet fortuna domus.
2682. Deus te fortunet.
2683. Sic me iuvet deus.
2684. Qui suadet, sua det.
2685. Navem perforat in qua ipse naviget.
2686. Ne ad pugnam vocet aquilam luscinia.
2687. Piscium vita haec, minorem maior ut devoret.
2688. Misericordia temperet gladium.
2689. Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
2690. Simia simia est, etiam si aurea gestet insignia.
2691. Nemo est tam senex qui se annum non putet posse vivere.
Study Guide
2681. May this house be fortunate.
2682. May God make your fortunate.
2683. So help me God.
2684. He who urges something, let him give his own. (Alas, it loses the play on words which is so wonderful in the Latin.)
2685. He is making a hole in the boat in which he himself would sail.
2686. Let not the nightingale summon the eagle to a fight.
2687. This is the life of the fishes: that the greater should gobble up the smaller.
2688. Let mercy make mild the sword.
2689. If someone wants peace, let him prepare for war.
2690. A monkey is a monkey, even if it wears golden medals.
2691. There is no man so old that he does not think that he could live a year longer.
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