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Aetati tuae, mi Tiberi, Noli in hac re indulgere et nimium indignari quemquam esse, qui de me male loquatur; satis est enim, si hoc habemus ne quis nobis male facere possit.
augustus— My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 51. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
And graven with diamonds in letters plain There is written, her fair neck round about: Noli me tangere, for Caesar's I am, And wild for to hold, though I seem tame. See Bible118:23.
— 1557 'Whoso List to Hunt'.The subject of the poem is thought to beAnne Boleyn.
Noli turbare circulos meos. or Noli tangere circulos meos.
Archimedes— Do not disturb my circles!
— Original form: "noli ... istum disturbare" ("Do not ... disturb that (sand)") — Valerius Maximus, Memorable Doings and Sayings, Book VIII.7.ext.7 (See Chris Rorres (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences) – "Death of Archimedes? Sources".). This quote survives only in its Latin version or translation. In modern era, it was paraphrased as Noli turbare circulos meos and then translated to Katharevousa Greek as "?".
— Reportedly his last words, said to a Roman soldier who, despite being given orders not to, killed Archimedes during the conquest of Syracuse; as quoted in World Literature: An Anthology of Human Experience (1947) by Arthur Christy, p. 655
Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
jerome— Translation: Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
— On the Epistle to the Ephesians
Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
jerome— Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
— St. Jerome, On the Epistie to the Ephesians. According to Richard Chenevix Trench, explanation that his writings were free-will offerings, when fault was found with them. Found also in Vulgaria Stambrigi. (About 1510).
Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
jerome— Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
— St. Jerome, On the Epistie to the Ephesians. According to Richard Chenevix Trench, explanation that his writings were free-will offerings, when fault was found with them. Found also in Vulgaria Stambrigi. (About 1510).
Noli me tangere.
— Do not wish to touch me. Touch me not.
— John, XX. 17. From the Vulgate.
Noli Barbam vellere mortuo leoni.
— Do not pluck the beard of a dead lion.
— Martial, Epigrams (c. 80-104 AD), Book X. 90.
Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.
— Translation: Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
— On the Epistle to the Ephesians
Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed Noli modo. Grant me chastityand continence, but not yet.
St Augustine originally Aurelius Augustinus— AD 397 Confessions, bk.8, ch.7 (translated by Henry Chadwick).
postea Noli rogare quod inpetrare nolueris.
seneca the younger— Don't ask for what you'll wish you hadn't got.Letter XCV: On the usefulness of basic principles, line 1
At ego adulescens miser ualde, miser in exordio ipsius adulescentiae, etiam petieram a te castitatem et dixeram, 'Da mihi castitatem et continentiam, sed Noli modo.'
— As a youth I prayed, "Give me chastity and continence, but not yet."
— VIII, 7.
Aetati tuae, mi Tiberi, Noli in hac re indulgere et nimium indignari quemquam esse, qui de me male loquatur; satis est enim, si hoc habemus ne quis nobis male facere possit.
— My dear Tiberius, you must not give way to youthful emotion or take it to heart if anyone speaks ill of me; let us be satisfied if we can make people stop short at unkind words.
— Suetonius, Divus Augustus, paragraph 51. Translation: Robert Graves, 1957.
postea Noli rogare quod inpetrare nolueris.
— Letter XCV: On the usefulness of basic principles, line 1
