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Nvllvm qvod tetiget non ornavit - He touched none he did not adorn - not simply 'the Midas touch', or 'he left things better than he found them', but a tribute to a Renaissance man -
Nvnc avt nvnqvam - Now or never -
Nvnc dimittis - Now let [thy servant] depart - generally any permission to go, specifically to express one's readiness to depart or die
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O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! - Ah, human cares! Ah, how much futility in the world! (Lucilius) -
O di immortales! - Good heavens! (uttered by Cicero on the Senate floor) -
O diem praeclarum! - Oh, what a beautiful day! -
O praeclarum custodem ovium lupum! - An excellent protector of sheep, the wolf! (Cicero) -
O quam cito transit gloria mundi! - O how quickly passes the glory of the world! -
O sancta simplicitas! - Oh, holy simplicity! (Jan Hus)
