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Omnia post obitum fingit majora vetustas: Majus ab exsequiis nomen in ora venit.
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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
Accessi confinium mortis et calcato Proserpinae limine per omnia vectus elementa remeavi, nocte media vidi solem candido coruscantem lumine, deos inferos et deos superos accessi coram et adoravi de proximo.
— I approached the confines of death, and having trod on the threshold of Proserpine, I returned therefrom, being borne through all the elements. At midnight I saw the sun shining with its brilliant light; and I approached the presence of the Gods beneath, and the Gods of heaven, and stood near, and worshipped them.
— Bk. 11, ch. 23; pp. 239-40.
— Describing initiation into the mysteries of Isis.
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
In rerum natura nullum datur contingens; sed omnia ex necessitate divinae naturae determinata sunt ad certo modo existandum et operandum. In the nature of things nothing contingent isgranted, but all things are determined by the necessity of divine nature for existing and working in a certain way.
Baruch also known as Benedict de Spinoza Spinoza— 1677 Ethics, bk.1, prop.29.
Non omnia possumus omnes. We cannot all do everything.
— Eclogues, 8.63 (translated by H Rushton Fairclough).
Labor omnia vicit improbus et duris urgens in rebus egestas. Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.
— Georgics,1.145-6 (translated by H Rushton Fairclough).
Illud autem ante omnia memento, demere rebus tumultum ac videre quid in quaque re sit: scies nihil esse in istis terribile nisi ipsum timorem.
seneca the younger— Remember, however, before all else, to strip things of all that disturbs and confuses, and to see what each is at bottom; you will then comprehend that they contain nothing fearful except the actual fear.Letter XXIV: On despising death, line 12
Non omnia possumus omnes.
virgil— We cannot all do everything.Book VIII, line 63.Variant translations:We cannot all of us do everything.We are not all able to accomplish the same things.
Labor omnia vicit improbus et duris urgens in rebus egestas.
virgil— Toil conquered the world, unrelenting toil, and want that pinches when life is hard.Book I, lines 145–146 (translated by H. Rushton Fairclough).
Omnes quibus res sunt minus secundæ magis sunt, nescio quomodo, Suspiciosi; ad contumeliam omnia accipiunt magis; Propter suam impotentiam se credunt negligi.
— All persons as they become less prosperous, are the more suspicious. They take everything as an affront; and from their conscious weakness, presume that they are neglected.
— Terence, Adelphi, IV. 3. 14
Audax omnia perpeti Gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas.
— The human race afraid of nothing, rushes on through every crime.
— Horace, Carmina, I. 3. 25.
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.
— 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
Sed Caesar in omnia praeceps, nil actum credens, cum quid superesset agendum.
— But Caesar, headlong in all his designs,
thought nothing done while anything remained to do.
— Book II, line 656.
Nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses.
— 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.
Nec species sua cuique manet, rerumque novatrix Ex aliis alias reddit natura figuras. Nec perit in toto quidquam, mihi credite, mundo, Sed variat faciemque novat: nascique vocatur Incipere esse aliud, quàm quod fuit antè; morique Desinere illud idem; quum sint huc forsitan illa, Haec translata illuc; summâ tamen omnia constant.
— No species remains constant: that great renovator of matter
Nature, endlessly fashions new forms from old: there’s nothing
in the whole universe that perishes, believe me; rather
it renews and varies its substance. What we describe as birth
is no more than incipient change from a prior state, while dying
is merely to quit it. Though the parts may be transported
hither and thither, the sum of all matter is constant.
— XV, 252-8 (translated by Peter Green).
Non omnia possumus omnes.
— We cannot all of us do everything.
— We are not all able to accomplish the same things.
omnia autem quae secundum naturam fiunt sunt habenda in bonis.
cicero— Whatever befalls in accordance with Nature should be accounted good.
— Cic. Sen. 71
omnia mors aequat.
claudian— Death renders all equal.
— De Raptu Proserpinae Bk. II, line 302.
— Variant: "Death makes all things equal."
omnia mutantur, nihil interit.
ovid— Thus all things are but altered, nothing dies.
— XV, 165 (translated by John Dryden); on the transmigration of souls.
omnia mors poscit. Lex est, non poena, perire."
seneca the elder— 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
omnia perversas possunt corrumpere mentes .
— All things can corrupt perverse minds.
— Ovid, Tristium, II. 301
omnia fanda, nefanda, malo permista furore, Justificam nobis mentem avertere deorum.
— The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the gods.
— Catullus, Carmina, LXIV. 406.
Et metus ille foras præceps Acheruntis agundus, Funditus humanam qui vitam turbat ab imo, omnia suffuscans mortis nigrore, neque ullam Esse voluptatem liquidam puramque relinquit.
— The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.
— Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, III. 37.
Rationi nulla resistunt. Claustra nec immensæ moles, ceduntque recessus: omnia succumbunt, ipsum est penetrabile cœlum.
— 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.
— I, 541.
Non, mihi si linguae centum sunt oraque centum / Ferrea vox, omnis scelerum comprendere formas, omnia poenarum percurrere nomina possim.
— 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 autem quae secundum naturam fiunt sunt habenda in bonis.
— Whatever befalls in accordance with Nature should be accounted good.
— Cic. Sen. 71
