Salutem Famous Quotes & Sayings
4 Salutem Famous Sayings, Quotes and Quotation.
Una Salus Victis Nullam Sperare Salutem - (Latin - written 19 BC)— Virgil
The only hope for the doomed, is no hope at all ...
One common abbreviation used in Roman letters was SPD, which was short for salutem plurimam dicit, or "sends many greetings." This served as a greeting at the beginning of a letter, to indicate the sender and the receiver, as in "Marcus Sexto SPD" ("Marcus sends many greetings to Sextus"). Another popular acronym was SVBEEV, which was short for si vales, bene est, ego valeo ("if you are well, that is good, I am well"). Such abbreviations saved space and time, just as acronyms (BTW, AFAIK, IANAL) do today in Internet posts and text messages.— Tom Standage
One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report.— Quintus Ennius
[Lat., Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem,
Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem.]
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.— Marcus Tullius Cicero
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]
