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The Durham Proverbs is a collection of 46 mediaeval proverbs from various sources. They were written down as a collection, in the eleventh century, on some pages (pages 43 verso to 45 verso, between a hymnal and a collection of canticles) of a manuscript that were originally left blank.
(It is later than you think.) [11] Sic labitur ætas. (Thus passes a lifetime.) [11] Sic vita fluit, dum stare videtur. (Life flows away as it seems to stay the same ...
96. Thank you for always being a person I can count on. You’re a rockstar. 97. Thank you for always being the first to show up each day and the last to leave. I appreciate you more than you know ...
Legal term derived from fides ("faith"), originating at least from Medieval Latin to denote a statement under oath. age quod agis: do what you do: i.e., "do what you are doing," or "do well whatever you do." Figuratively, it means "keep going, because you are inspired or dedicated to do
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Civilized Man is a 3000-line Latin verse poem that gives proper advice on a wide range of social situations that the typical medieval person might have encountered in day-to-day life. Examples include: If you wish to belch, remember to look up to the ceiling. Do not attack your enemy while he is squatting to defecate.
Dictionary of the Middle Ages: Supplement 1 (2004). The Dictionary of the Middle Ages is a 13-volume encyclopedia of the Middle Ages published by the American Council of Learned Societies between 1982 and 1989.
Wisdom literature became popular throughout medieval Europe and subsequently versions appeared in several languages, including Latin, Occitan, Old Spanish, and Middle French. In 1450 Stephen Scrope produced a Middle English translation, titled Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers. [3]