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, a rolling stone does not gather sea-weed;
musco lapis volutus haud obducitur
, a rolling stone is not covered with moss.
1362
Piers Plowman
A. x. 101
Selden Moseth [becomes mossy] the Marbelston that men ofte treden.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
I
. xi. D2
The rollyng stone neuer gatherth mosse.
1579
Ephemerides
of Phialo 5
V
A rowling stone gathers no mosse, and a running hed wil neuer thriue.
1710
Pastorals
II
. 8
A Rolling Stone is ever bare of Moss.
1841
Old Curiosity Shop
II. xlviii.
Your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down.
1979
Listener
5 July 16
A roadside notice .. said in one long line:
Loose stones travel slowly
. Well, I dare say they do: rolling stones, we know, gather no moss.
constancy and inconstancy
;
human nature
oo, a rolling stone does not gather sea-weed;musco lapis volutus haud obducitur
, a rolling stone is not covered with moss.
1362Piers Plowman
A. x. 101
Selden Moseth [becomes mossy] the Marbelston that men ofte treden.
1546
Dialogue of Proverbs
I
. xi. D2
The rollyng stone neuer gatherth mosse.
1579
Ephemerides
of Phialo 5
V
A rowling stone gathers no mosse, and a running hed wil neuer thriue.
1710
Pastorals
II
. 8
A Rolling Stone is ever bare of Moss.
1841
Old Curiosity Shop
II. xlviii.
Your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down.
1979
Listener
5 July 16
A roadside notice .. said in one long line:
Loose stones travel slowly
. Well, I dare say they do: rolling stones, we know, gather no moss.
constancy and inconstancy;
human nature
When in ROME, do as the Romans do
Cf. ST. AMBROSE, quoted in ST. AUGUSTINE
Letters
xxxvi. 32 (Migne),
quando hic sum
,
non ieiuno sabbato; quando Romae sum
,
ieiuno sabbato
, when I am here [i.e. Milan], I do not fast on Saturday; when I am in Rome, I fast on Saturday;
1660
quoted in verse form in JEREMY TAYLOR,
Ductor Dubitantium
(1851) I. i. 5. 5
cum fueris Romae, Romano vivito more, cum fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi
, when you're in Rome, then live in Roman fashion; when you're elsewhere, then live as there they live.
c
1475
in
Modern Philology
(1940) XXXVIII. 122
Whan tho herd hat Rome Do so of ther the dome [when you are at Rome do as they do there].
1552
tr.
Erasmus'Adages
(ed.3) 51
V
That which is commonly in euery mans mouth in England Whan you art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
1766
in et al.
Adams Family Correspondence
(1963) I. 55
My advice to you is among the Romans, do as the romans do.
1836
Rattlin the Reefer
I. xxii.
‘Do at Roma as the Romans do,’ is the essence of all politeness.
1960
Don't tell Alfred
viii.
‘I thought the English never bothered about protocol?’ ‘When in Rome, however, we do as the Romans do.’
1986
Saying what you Mean
151
In short, when in Rome, by all means do as the Romans do, or did, but don't feel compelled to do it elsewhere.
circumstances
;
conduct
Letters
xxxvi. 32 (Migne),
quando hic sum
,
non ieiuno sabbato; quando Romae sum
,
ieiuno sabbato
, when I am here [i.e. Milan], I do not fast on Saturday; when I am in Rome, I fast on Saturday;
1660
quoted in verse form in JEREMY TAYLOR,
Ductor Dubitantium
(1851) I. i. 5. 5
cum fueris Romae, Romano vivito more, cum fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi
, when you're in Rome, then live in Roman fashion; when you're elsewhere, then live as there they live.
c1475
in
Modern Philology
(1940) XXXVIII. 122
Whan tho herd hat Rome Do so of ther the dome [when you are at Rome do as they do there].
1552
tr.
Erasmus'Adages
(ed.3) 51
V
That which is commonly in euery mans mouth in England Whan you art at Rome, do as they do at Rome.
1766
in et al.
Adams Family Correspondence
(1963) I. 55
My advice to you is among the Romans, do as the romans do.
1836
Rattlin the Reefer
I. xxii.
‘Do at Roma as the Romans do,’ is the essence of all politeness.
1960
Don't tell Alfred
viii.
‘I thought the English never bothered about protocol?’ ‘When in Rome, however, we do as the Romans do.’
1986
Saying what you Mean
151
In short, when in Rome, by all means do as the Romans do, or did, but don't feel compelled to do it elsewhere.
circumstances;
conduct
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