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Anima quippe rationalis adhuc originali pecato constricta, et nihil adhuc naturalium virium exercere valens in corpore puerili; cui melius comparatur quam homini intus per peccatum constricto, et foris per paralysim in membris dissoluto jacentique in lecto? back
A Tender Age: Cultural Anxieties over the Child in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 2005
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"Mens sana in corpore sano" has always truly been my motto.
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Canon Kingsley, Bishop Wilberforce and others, have taught our generation the whole meaning of the old phrase, mens sana in corpore sano.
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He promises me that I shall witness his experiments in German corpore vili; and though
Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris Henry Labouchere 1871
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Rocky Mountains a visit, he will return with a keener zest for the pleasures of civilised life, and with his 'mens sana in corpore sano' all the fresher for what he has seen and experienced.
Current Literature 1864
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He treats the subject with remarkable accuracy: and after admitting that there cannot be any crime where there is no consent, he adds, Sed quia non solum quod ad dolorem, verum etiam quod ad libidinem, pertinet, in corpore alieno pepetrari potest; quicquid tale factum fuerit, etsi retentam constantissimo animo pudicitiam non excutit, pudorem tamen incutit, ne credatur factum cum mentis etiam voluntate, quod fieri fortasse sine carnis aliqua voluptate non potuit.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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"But you are not old, John," I argued with him one day, "you possess to the full the mens sana in corpore sano.
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Fancy having a lot of outsiders who can't translate a Latin motto, and make 'corpore' a feminine genitive!
Tom, Dick and Harry Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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(Corporatism is based on the idea that human society is like a body, hence ‘corporatism’ from Latin ‘corpore’, body, and that the different social groups within society are like interdependent organs.)
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The Asics name comes from the first letters of each word in the Latin phrase "anima sana in corpore sano," which translates as "a healthy soul in a healthy body."
Asics Races to Build Its Brand Archibald Preuschat 2012
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