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The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

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Lovers’ rows make love whole again.<br />

‘Andria’ l. 555<br />

Nullumst iam dictum quod non dictum sit prius.<br />

Nothing has yet been said that’s not been said before.<br />

‘Eunuchus’ prologue l. 41<br />

Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto.<br />

I am a man, I count nothing human foreign to me.<br />

‘Heauton Timorumenos’ l. 77<br />

Fortis fortuna adiuvat.<br />

Fortune assists the brave.<br />

‘Phormio’ l. 203.<br />

Quot homines tot sententiae: suo’ quoique mos.<br />

<strong>The</strong>re are as many opinions as there are people: each has his own correct way.<br />

‘Phormio’ l. 454<br />

8.20 St Teresa <strong>of</strong> Ávila 1512-82<br />

Oh, v lame Dios, Señor cómo apret is a vestros amadores!<br />

Alas, O Lord, to what a state dost Thou bring those who love <strong>The</strong>e!<br />

‘Interior Castle’ Mansion 6, ch. 11, para. 6; translated by the Benedictines <strong>of</strong> Stanbrook, 1921<br />

8.21 Tertullian A.D. c.160-c.225<br />

O testimonium animae naturaliter Christianae.<br />

O evidence <strong>of</strong> a naturally Christian soul!<br />

‘Apologeticus’ ch. 17, sect. 6<br />

Plures efficimus quoties metimur a vobis, semen est sanguis Christianorum.<br />

As <strong>of</strong>ten as we are mown down by you, the more we grow in numbers; the blood <strong>of</strong> Christians<br />

is the seed.<br />

‘Apologeticus’ ch. 50, sect. 13; traditionally quoted: ‘<strong>The</strong> blood <strong>of</strong> the martyrs is the seed <strong>of</strong> the Church’<br />

Certum est quia impossibile est.<br />

It is certain because it is impossible.<br />

‘De Carne Christi’ ch. 5; <strong>of</strong>ten quoted: ‘Credo quia impossibile’<br />

8.22 A. S. J. Tessimond 1902-62<br />

Cats, no less liquid than their shadows,<br />

Offer no angles to the wind.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y slip, diminished, neat, through loopholes<br />

Less than themselves.<br />

‘Cats’ (1934) p. 20

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