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Latin language proverbs and phrases about trust and trust issues.

Avoid Asking what Tomorrow will Bring

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009
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Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere (Horace)
Avoid asking what tomorrow will bring.

I Do Not Buy Mere Hope

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/18/2009
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Spem pretio non emo (Terence)
I do not buy mere hope.

I Am Afraid of the Greeks, even Bearing Gifts

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 08/11/2008
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Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes (Virgil, Aeneid)
I am afraid of the Greeks, even [when they are] bearing gifts.

(Do Not Give) A Sword To A Boy

Submitted by Latin Proverbs on 03/30/2007
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Ne puero gladium
(Do not give) a sword to a boy.