NULLA DIES SINE LINEA
Latin proverb, Erasmus, Adagia (Bland ed. 1814, p. 84)
NULLA DIES SINE LINEA
Not a day without a line.
Latin proverb, Erasmus, Adagia (Bland ed. 1814, p. 84)
The source
"Not a day without a line." This Latin proverb is recorded in Erasmus, Adagia (Bland ed. 1814, p. 84). Translated from the original Latin by Spartan Surfers.
"Nulla Dies sine Linea."Original Latin, Erasmus, Adagia (Bland ed. 1814, p. 84). Latin: Erasmus' Adagia as printed in R. Bland, Proverbs Chiefly Taken from the Adagia of Erasmus (1814), archive.org; From the painter Apelles' daily practice (Pliny, Natural History 35.84).
Who said it
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Questions
- Who said "Not a day without a line."?
- Latin proverb. Source: Erasmus, Adagia (Bland ed. 1814, p. 84).
- What is the original Latin?
- Nulla Dies sine Linea. Translated from the original Latin by Spartan Surfers.
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