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  • Animal infectum Cusino, ut quis legere vel scribere possit sine alterius ope luminis.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Let thy disgrace then be what it will, quod fit, infectum non potest esse, that which is past cannot be recalled; trouble not thyself, vex and grieve thyself no more, be it obloquy, disgrace,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Sed rex nihil jam infectum Metello credens, [398] quippe qui omnia, arma tela, locos tempora, denique naturam ipsam ceteris imperitantem industria vicerat, cum liberis et magna parte pecuniae ex oppido noctu profugit, neque postea in ullo loco amplius uno die aut una nocte moratus simulabat sese negotii gratia properare; ceterum proditionem timebat, quam vitare posse celeritate putabat; nam talia consilia per otium et ex opportunitate capi.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

  • Et miser sum et fortunatus, si vos vera dicitis; eo miser sum quia male illi feci, si gnatust meus. eheu, quom ego plus minusve feci quam me aequom fuit. quod male feci crucior; modo si infectum fieri possiet. sed eccum incedit huc ornatus haud ex suis virtutibus.

    Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

  • Quid vis fieri? factum est illud: fieri infectum non potest. deos credo voluisse; nam ni vellent, nori fieret, scio.

    Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

  • Sed rerum non recte inceptarum successus infelicior homines non prorsus oscitantes plerumque docet quid recte gestum quid perperam, quid factum superi volunt quid infectum.

    The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) James Anthony Froude 1856

  • It is to anticipate what is called _damnum infectum_ or _damnum nondum factum_, that is, a damage justly apprehended, but not actually done.

    The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763

  • 5 Terrenum elementum nullis adhuc seminibus infectum.

    The Way We Lived Then Messud, Claire 2006

  • I grant, the habit of sanctification perfected in glory, doth not make it a false proposition, that such a pardoned and washed saint never sinned, for Factum infectum, fieri non potest: What is done can never be undone; that were a speaking contradiction: but it putteth the man in that state, that he is as free of the indwelling of the body of sin, and perfectly holy, as the body of the air at noon-day is free of darkness, and qualified with inherent light.

    The Tryal & Triumph of Faith: or An Exposition of the History of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan. 1600-1661 1645

  • Sero quam nunquam melius ` Better late than never, 'literally ` Late than never better'; Sic fuit, est et erit: similis similem sibi quaerit ` Thus it was, is and will be; like seeks like for itself ': notice the rhyme; Currens per prata non est lepus esca parata ` A hare running through the meadows is not a ready meal': a nice variation on the bear and his skin; Donati non sunt ora inspicienda caballi ` Gift horses do not need their mouths looking into ': Scopae recentiores semper meliores ` New brooms are always best'; Factum infectum fieri nequit ` A deed not done cannot happen ':

    VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 2 1992

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