4 Mazatl · 18 October 2026
““The earth is slippery, slick.” It is likewise as was said: perhaps until now his life was good, and then some fault befalls him — as though he had slipped in the mud. “It can't hatch from his head.” It is said of one who does not commit himself to just one thing, so that nothing comes to completion: perhaps he studies song and cannot manage it; then he studies Latin and cannot manage that; then he studies the Spanish tongue, and he does not master that either. Of one who does this, it is rightly said: it can't hatch from his head.”
##### Tlaalauj, tlapetzcauj in tlalticpac. Çan ie no iuhquj in omjto: aço qujn jzqujnpa qualli inemjliz: çatepan itla ipan vetzi tlatlaculli, in ma iuhquj omalauh çoqujtitlan. ##### Aiemo quatlatlatztza. Itechpa mjtoa: in amo çan centlamantli qujmotequjtia, çan amo tle nelti: aço qujmomachtia cujcatl, çan avel qujchioa: ie ne qujmomachtia latin, ano vel qujchioa: ie ne castillan tlatolli qujmomachtia, amo no vel qujmati. In aqujn iuh qujchioa y, vel itechpa mjtoa. Aiemo quatlatlatztza.
Book VI, fol. 191v, ch. 41 — Adages
3 Mikiztli · 17 October 2026
““Poor little dove.” It is said of one who is only poor, who is not much enriched, who keeps only a very little as his own. “Still my day-sign, still your day-sign.” It is said if a wild beast would have devoured me, or I fled from a venomous serpent, and it very nearly seized me, so that I ran swiftly away; or a bull would have gored me, and I escaped from before it, so that I saved myself — for had I not done all these things, I would have died, and only some few more days would I have lived. Thus it is said: still my day-sign.”
##### Icnococotzin. Itechpa mjtoa: in çan motolinja, in amo cenca mocujltonoa, in çan quexqujchtzin qujmopialia iaxca. ##### Oc nocetonal, oc mocetonal. Iquac mjtoa: intla tequanj onechquazquja, anoço tequanj coati ipan onjcholo, ça achi in onechalquazquja, onjnotlalotivetz, anoço toro onechquaquavizquja: auh oixpampa neoac, ic onjnomaqujxti: iehica, intlacamo onjcchioanj in jzqujtlamantli: ca onjmjqujzquja, açoc quezqujlvitzintli nonnemjz: ic mjtoa. Oc nocetonal.
Book VI, fol. 191r, ch. 41 — Adages
2 Koatl · 16 October 2026
““Perhaps.” It is said if someone snatches something up hastily — perhaps a bracelet, perhaps someone's paper, or some other thing kept somewhere — he snatches it from there, whether from a storehouse or from wherever such a thing is kept. “My hair, your hair.” It is said when I have done someone a kindness, or taught him something, so that for my help he should have loved me — and instead he repays me with abuse, with contempt. Then it is said: my hair; or, so that is my hair, so that is your hair.”
##### Maçol Itechpa mjtoa: intla tlacujtivetzi, aço temacuex, aço teamauh, anoço itla oc centlamantli cana mopia, vmpa concujtivetzi, intlanel tanaco, intlanel noço canjn: in vmpa mopia in itla pialonj. ##### Notzotzon, motzotzon, anoço cujx no cuele notzotzon in novauhtzon. Iquac mjtoa: intla aca itla ic onjqujcneli, anoço itla onjcmachti: in jpampa in, notepaleviliz, ic nechtlaçotlazquja: auh câ ie itetolinjliztlca, ytetelchioaliztica nechtlacuepcaiotilia, ic mjtoa: notzotzon, anoço ie ne notzotzon, ie ne motzotzon.
Book VI, fol. 186v, ch. 41 — Adages
