Latine Quotes
From The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia
Arthur Conan Doyle often used latine quotes in his works. He read and studied Latin during his school days at Stonyhurst College, held by Jesuits.
In Arthur Conan Doyle Fictions
- « Sic Transit Gloria Mundi! » : Thus passes the glory of the world. (My Friend the Murderer)
- « Sed Quantum Mutatus Ab Illo! » : But how changed from what he once was. (The Heiress of Glenmahowley)
- « Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo. Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplor in arca. » : The public hisses at me, but I applaud myself in my own house, and simultaneously contemplate the money in my chest. (Horatio, Book 1, Satire 1). (A Study in Scarlet, 2605)
- « De Jure Inter Gentes » : Of the Law between peoples. (A Study in Scarlet, 926)
- « Omne ignotum pro magnifico » : Everything unknown is beautiful. (The Red-Headed League, 55)
- « Locus Standi » : Place of standing. (The Adventure of the Copper Beeches, 584)
- « Vox Populi, Vox Dei » : The voice of the people is the voice of God. (The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, 609)
