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‖ mens sana in corpore sano
Lat. phr. (occurring in Juvenal Satires x. 356): a sound mind in a sound body, esp. regarded as the ideal of education. Also ellipt., as mens sana.
c1605J. Harington or S. Daniel Prayse of Private Life in J. Harington Lett. & Epigrams (1930) iii. 329 Desyrynge of God noe more than the Satericke Poet wished, Mens Sana, in Corpore Sano. 1629in Camden Misc. (1854) III. 10 To beare mens sana in corpore sano, a valient heart in such a bodie..wch hath never bene debilitated. 1749Chesterfield Let. 2 Oct. (1932) IV. 1415 Mens sana in corpore sano, is the first and greatest blessing. 1824J. Wight Mornings at Bow Street 55 The General angrily declared he was altogether mens sana in corpore sano. 1851Geo. Eliot Let. 11 Sept. (1954) I. 359, I am really strong and healthy and hope to bring a mens sana in corpore sano to London. 1966‘K. Nicholson’ Hook, Line & Sinker xiii. 159 Cold bath first thing: mens sana, and all that. 1967S. Johnson Gold Drain ii. 22 [They] accused him of suffering from the effects of a public-school education, from the mens sana approach. 1973Listener 23 Aug. 260/1 One lady, supporting mens sana in corpore sano against Jo Grimond, wrote that Christ must have kept himself fit. |