Thread: Latin proverbs
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Old 08-26-2003, 09:16 AM   #7
Deejax
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Join Date: November 15, 2002
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bungleau:
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.
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