Herba Quotes
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Anguis sub viridi herba.
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Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres,arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.
tibullus— Because of thee thy Egypt never sues for showers, nor does the parched blade bow to Jove the Rain-giver.
— Bk. 1, no. 7, line 25
— Of the River Nile.
— Variant translation: Because of you your land never pleads for showers, nor does its parched grass pray to Jupiter the Rain-giver.
Anguis sub viridi herba.
— There's a snake in the grass.
— Francis Bacon, quoted in Essays, Of a King.
Latet anguis in herba.
virgil— A snake lurks in the grass.Book III, line 93.Variant translations:Beware of snakes in the grass.A snake lies hidden in the grass.There lurks a snake in the grass.There's a snake hidden in the grass.
Qui legitis flores et humi nascentia fraga, Fridigus, O pueri, fugite hinc; latet anguis in herba.
— O boys, who pluck the flowers and strawberries springing from the ground, flee hence; a cold snake lies hidden in the grass.
— Virgil, Eclogues (c. 42 BC), III. 92.
Te propter nullos tellus tua postulat imbres, arida nec pluvio supplicat herba Iovi.
— Because of thee thy Egypt never sues for showers, nor does the parched blade bow to Jove the Rain-giver.
— Bk. 1, no. 7, line 25
— Of the River Nile.
— Variant translation: Because of you your land never pleads for showers, nor does its parched grass pray to Jupiter the Rain-giver.
Latet anguis in herba.
— Beware of snakes in the grass.
— A snake lies hidden in the grass.
— There lurks a snake in the grass.
— There's a snake hidden in the grass.
