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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: "?' ?· ?."
Certis * * * legibus omnia parent.
marcus manilius— All things obey fixed laws.
— I, 479.
Materiae ne quaere modum; sed perspice viresQuas ratio, non pondus habet; ratio omnia vincit.
marcus manilius— Seek not the measure of matter; fix your gazeUpon 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.
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.
Consecutusque cohortis ad Rubiconem flumen, qui provinciae eius finis erat, paulum constitit, ac reputans quantum moliretur, conversus ad proximos: "Etiam nunc," inquit, "regredi possumus; quod si ponticulum transierimus, omnia armis agenda erunt."
suetonius— Caesar overtook his advanced guard at the river Rubicon, which formed the frontier between Gaul and Italy. Well aware how critical a decision confronted him, he turned to his staff, remarking: "We may still draw back but, once across that little bridge, we shall have to fight it out."Ch. 31
esterni sumus, & vestra omnia implevimus, Vrbes, Insulas, Castella, Municipia, Conciliabula, Castra ipsa, Tribus, Decurias, palatium, Senatum, Forum, sola vobis relinquimus Templa.
— Tertullian's Plea For Allegiance, A.2
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).
omnia vincit amor. Love conquers all things. 882
— Eclogues,10.69.
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 qua propter debent per inane quietum aeque ponderibus non aequis concita ferri.
lucretius— All things must needs be borne on through the calm void, moving at equal rate with unequal rates.Book II, line 238.
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.
omnia fert aetas, animum quoque .
— Time bears away all things, even our minds.
— Book IX, line 51.
omnia vincit Amor; et nos cedamus Amori.
— 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.
— 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
