Does anybody know where can I get some ancient Latin proverbs???

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I know one. It is not an ancient one but it is funny:

"Homo sapiens non urinat in ventum"

I believe it adorns a dutch building somewhere. The ones who commisioned it thought there should have a latin phrase on the front. So the architect came up with this one. ROFLMAO :D

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Found it. It's a building on the "leidse plein" in amsterdam. [img]graemlins/laugh3.gif[/img]
Look here. [img]graemlins/laugh2.gif[/img]

[ 08-26-2003, 06:35 AM: Message edited by: Deejax ]

That's brilliant! I used to have that in my sig at another forum, but I had no idea it was actually engraved into stone some twenty minutes away from where I live! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

ROTFLLAO!! It's actually on a building? LOLOL! [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

Go for that one Haldir! :D

Okay, so my Latin is rather rusty, but does that tend to mean what I suspect? People don't urinate in the wind?

ROTFL! I wonder if anyone came back to get even with the architect...

No I believe they were too embarassed to raise an argument. [img]smile.gif[/img]

The translation I use (which is dutch of course, but I translated it here for you all) is "a wise man does not urinate into the wind"

I don't know for sure about the "into" part but you understand what it means. :D

it is definitely "into" because it's in+accusative which expresses directions opposed to in+ablative which expresses locations.