Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto: I am a human being; I consider nothing human alien to me
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Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, found in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice, is behind this quote by Terence.
I have fought the good fight - Greek
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This Valentin de Boulogne painting, Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, from Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, is paired with a line from St. Paul.
Ipsa scientia potestas est.: Knowledge itself is power
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An open book lies behind this quote, possibly from Sir Francis Bacon.
Know thyself - Greek
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This quote from Thales is paired with an image of the remains of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
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Learn through sufffering - Greek
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This image of Laocoon from the Pio Clementino Museum at the Vatican is fitting behind this Aeschylus quote.
Make haste slowly - Greek
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The image of this mosaic from the House of the Trident in Delos has, since antiquity, illustrated this oxymoronic adage.
Mens sana in corpore sano.: A sound mind in a sound body
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The Pseudo-Athlete of Delos, from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, illustrates this line from Juvenal.
Modus omnibus in rebus: Moderation in all things
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An Athenian tetradrachm provides the background for this quote from Plautus.
Nihil est...simul et inventum et perfectum.: Nothing is simultaneously both conceived and perfected
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A bust of Cicero in the Capitoline Museums is behind this line from Cicero.
Non est ad astra mollis e terris via:The trip from the earth to the stars is not an easy one
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Seneca's words work well with this photograph of the Eagle nebula, "Pillars of Creation," captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
Non omnis moriar: Not all of me shall die.
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The name of the poet resides in this ceiling mosaic from the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.