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Nec species sua cuique manet, rerumque novatrixEx aliis alias reddit natura figuras.Nec perit in toto quidquam, mihi credite, mundo,Sed variat faciemque novat: nascique vocaturIncipere esse aliud, quàm quod fuit antè; moriqueDesinere illud idem; quum sint huc forsitan illa,Haec translata illuc; summâ tamen omnia constant.
ovid— No species remains constant: that great renovator of matterNature, endlessly fashions new forms from old: there’s nothingin the whole universe that perishes, believe me; ratherit renews and varies its substance. What we describe as birthis no more than incipient change from a prior state, while dyingis merely to quit it. Though the parts may be transportedhither and thither, the sum of all matter is constant.
— XV, 252-8 (translated by Peter Green).
esterni sumus, & vestra omnia implevimus, Vrbes, Insulas, Castella, Municipia, Conciliabula, Castra ipsa, Tribus, Decurias, palatium, Senatum, Forum, sola vobis relinquimus Templa.
tertullian— We are but of yesterday, and yet we have filled all the places that belong to you — cities, islands, forts, towns, exchanges; the military camps themselves, tribes, town councils, the palace, the senate, the market-place; we have left you nothing but your temples.Tertullian's Plea For Allegiance, A.2
omnia post obitum fingit majora vetustas: Majus ab exsequiis nomen in ora venit.
sextus propertius— Time magnifies everything after death; a man's fame is increased as it passes from mouth to mouth after his burial.
— Sextus Propertius, Elegiæ, III. 1. 23.
Quia me vestigia terrent omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum.
— I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning.
— Horace, Epistles, I. 1. 74.
omnia mors poscit. Lex est, non poena, perire."
— All things death claims. 'Tis law, not punishment, to die.
— De qualitate temporis, Epigrams, VII., 7, as reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations (1897), p. 197
Aristoteles hominis animum comparavit tabulae rasae, cui nihil inscriptum sit, inscribi tamen omnia possint. ... Hoc interest, quod in tabula lineas ducere non licet, nisi quousque margo permittat: in mente usque et usque scribendo, et sculpendo, terminum nusquam invenies quia (ut ante monitum) interminabilis est.
— Aristotle compared the mind of man to a blank tablet on which nothing was written, but on which all things could be engraved. ... There is, however, this difference, that on the tablet the writing is limited by space, while in the case of the mind, you may continually go on writing and engraving without finding any boundary, because, as has already been shown, the mind is without limit.
— The Great Didactic (Didactica Magna) (Amsterdam, 1657) [written 1627–38], as translated by M. W. Keatinge (1896).
— Cf. Aristotle, De anima, III, 4, 430a: "?' ?· ?."
Cum ergo audimus, Deum omnia facere, nil aliud debemus intelligere, quam Deum in omnibus esse, hoc est, essentiam omnium subsistere.
johannes scotus eriugena— When we are told that God is the maker of all things, we are simply to understand that God is in all things – that He is the substantial essence of all things.
— De Divisione Naturae, Bk. 1, ch. 72; translation from Hugh Fraser Stewart Boethius: An Essay (London: William Blackwood, 1891) p. 255.
Sed Caesar in omnia praeceps,nil actum credens, cum quid superesset agendum.
marcus annaeus lucanus— But Caesar, headlong in all his designs,thought nothing done while anything remained to do.
— Book II, line 656.
Certis * * * legibus omnia parent.
marcus manilius— All things obey fixed laws.
— I, 479.
Stultorum plena sunt omnia.
cicero— All places are filled with fools.
— Cicero, Epistles, IX. 22.
Et hæc scientia certificat omnia naturalia et artificialia in particulari et in propria disciplina, per experientiam perfectam; non per argumenta, ut scientiæ pure speculativae, nec per debiles et imperfecta experientias ut scientiae operativæ. Et ideo hæc est domina omnium scientiarum præcedentium, et finis totius speculationis.
roger bacon— And this [experimental] science verifies all natural and man-made things in particular, and in their appropriate discipline, by the experimental perfection, not by arguments of the still purely speculative sciences, nor through the weak, and imperfect experiences of practical knowledge. And therefore, this is the matron of all preceding sciences, and the final end of all speculation.Ch 13 ed. J. S. Brewer Opera quadam hactenus inedita (1859) p.46
Nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses.
juvenal— The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things — bread and circuses!X, line 78; see bread and circuses.
Nam veluti pueri trepidant atque omnia caecis in tenebris metuunt, sic nos in luce timemus interdum, nilo quae sunt metuenda magis quam quae pueri in tenebris pavitant finguntque futura. hunc igitur terrorem animi tenebrasque necessest non radii solis neque lucida tela diei discutiant sed naturae species ratioque.
lucretius— For as children tremble and fear everything in the blind darkness, so we in the light sometimes fear what is no more to be feared than the things children in the dark hold in terror and imagine will come true. This terror therefore and darkness of mind must be dispelled not by the rays of the sun and glittering shafts of day, but by the aspect and law of nature.Book II, line 56-62.
Certis * * * legibus omnia parent.
— All things obey fixed laws.
— I, 479.
Materiae ne quaere modum; sed perspice vires Quas ratio, non pondus habet; ratio omnia vincit.
— Seek not the measure of matter; fix your gaze
Upon the power of reason, not of bulk;
For reason 'tis that all things overcomes.
— IV, 924, as reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of Quotations (1897), p. 130.
At nos non imperium neque divitias petimus, quarum rerum causa bella atque certamina omnia inter mortales sunt, sed libertatem, quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittit.
— XXXIII.5 (Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC))
Labor omnia vicit improbus et duris urgens in rebus egestas.
— Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.
— Book I, lines 145–146.
Me vero primum dulces ante omnia Musae, Quarum sacra fero ingenti percussus amore, Accipiant caelique vias et sidera monstrent, Defectus solis varios lunaeque labores; Unde tremor terris, qua vi maria alta tumescant Obicibus ruptis rursusque in se ipsa residant. Quid tantum Oceano properent se tingere soles Hiberni, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet.
— And ye sister Muses whom I love
With sacred fervour all the world above,
O take me for your seer: give me to know
The ways of Heaven above and Earth below,
The paths sidereal, and the moon's new birth,
The sun's eclipses, and the throes of Earth,
And by what force it is the rising tide
O'erflows the marsh, or how its waves subside;
Why Sol in winter hurries to his rest,
And by what laws are summer nights comprest.
— Book II, lines 475–482 (translated by J. B. Rose).
[V]irtus praemium est optimum:;; virtus omnibus remus anteit profecto:;: libertas salus vita res et parentes, patria et prognati tutantur, servantur:;: virtus omnia in sese habet, omnia adsunt bona quem penest virtus.
— Valour’s the best reward ; ‘tis valour that surpasses all things else : our liberty, our safety, life, estate, our parents, children, country, are by this preserved, protected : valour everything comprises in itself ; and every good awaits the man who is possess’d of valour. (translator Thornton)
— Amphitryon, Act II, scene 2, line 16.
— Variant translation: Courage is the very best gift of all; courage stands before everything, it does, it does! It is what maintains and preserves our liberty, safety, life, and our homes and parents, our country and children. Courage comprises all things: a man with courage has every blessing.
Illud autem ante omnia memento, demere rebus tumultum ac videre quid in quaque re sit: scies nihil esse in istis terribile nisi ipsum timorem.
— Letter XXIV: On despising death, line 12
omnia periclitabuntur aliter accipi quam sunt, et amittere quod sunt dum aliter accipiuntur, si aliter quam sunt cognominantur. Fides nominum salus est proprietatum.
tertullian— All things will be in danger of being taken in a sense different from their own proper sense, and, whilst taken in that different sense, of losing their proper one, if they are called by a name which differs from their natural designation. Fidelity in names secures the safe appreciation of properties.De Carne Christi, 13.2
omnia fert aetas, animum quoque .
virgil— Time bears away all things, even our minds.Book IX, line 51.
omnia vincit Amor; et nos cedamus Amori.
virgil— Love conquers all and we must yield to Love.Book X, line 69 (translated by John Dryden).Variant translations:Love conquers all things – let us yield to Love.Love conquers all; let us, too, yield to love.Love conquers all things: let us too give in to Love.Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.
Non, mihi si linguae centum sunt oraque centum / Ferrea vox, omnis scelerum comprendere formas, omnia poenarum percurrere nomina possim.
virgil— No, had I e'en a hundred tongues,
A hundred mouths, and iron lungs,
Those types of guilt I could not show,
Nor tell the forms of penal woe.Lines 625–627 (translated by John Conington).Cf. Dryden's translation:
Had I a hundred mouths, a hundred tongues,
And throats of brass, inspir'd with iron lungs,
I could not half those horrid crimes repeat,
Nor half the punishments those crimes have met.
omnia periclitabuntur aliter accipi quam sunt, et amittere quod sunt dum aliter accipiuntur, si aliter quam sunt cognominantur. Fides nominum salus est proprietatum.
— De Carne Christi, 13.2 (Quotes)
omnia mors aequat .
— Death renders all equal.
— De Raptu Proserpinae Bk. II, line 302.
— Variant: "Death makes all things equal."
Rationi nulla resistunt. Claustra nec immensæ moles, ceduntque recessus: omnia succumbunt, ipsum est penetrabile cœlum.
marcus manilius— No barriers, no masses of matter, however enormous, can withstand the powers of the mind the remotest corners yield to them; all things succumb, the very heaven itself is laid open.
— Marcus Manilius, Astronomica. I. 541.
omnia qua propter debent per inane quietum aeque ponderibus non aequis concita ferri.
— Book II, line 238.
Vestigia terrent omnia te adversum spectantia, nulla retrorsum.
— The footsteps are terrifying, all coming towards you and none going back again.
— Horace, Epigrams, Book I. 1. 74. Quoted Vestigia nulla retrorsum.
