Showing posts with label Bernard of Clairvaux. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernard of Clairvaux. Show all posts

Thursday, January 12, 2023

January 12th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Necessitas non habet legem."

 January 12th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Necessitas non habet legem."


"Necessitas non habet legem."


"Necessity does not know [lit. "have"] [any] law."


~ Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 - 1153 C.E.), monastic reformer; also found in Oliver Cromwell's speech in Parliament on September 12th, 1654


Pridie Idus Ianuarias anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI

Sunday, December 20, 2020

December 20th Latin of the Day - "Necessitas non habet legem."

 Necessitas non habet legem.

"Necessity does not know any law." (Literally, "Necessity does not have any law.")

~ Bernard of Clairvaux, 1090 - 1153 C.E. (French reformer of monastic life); quoted by Oliver Cromwell in speech to Parliament on September 12th, 1654 C.E.

With macrons: Necessitās nōn habet lēgem.