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An observation on the diversity of opinions, deriving from Terence Phormio ii. iv. 14 quot homines tot sententiae: suus cuique mos ‘there are as many opinions as there are men: to each his own way’.
1539R. Taverner tr. Erasmus's Proverbes or Adagies f. xiii, Quot homines, tot sentenciæ. So many heades, so many iudgementes. 1575G. Gascoigne Certayne Notes of Instruction concerning Making of Verse or Ryme in English, And therwithall I pray you consider that Quot homines, tot Sententiæ, especially in Poetrie. 1602W. Watson Quodlibeticall Questions concerning Relig. & State 343 They follow each one of them their owne priuate foule spirits of deceit and error, & so quot homines tot sententiæ, So many men so many minds. 1869Fraser's Mag. LXXX. 68/1 Here all is to be pleasure. The opinions as to what is pleasure vary as a matter of course. Quot homines tot sententiæ. 1969Listener 13 Nov. 680/2 A visitor from another planet might well have marvelled at the fertility of the human race in generating opinion—quot homines tot sententiae with a vengeance. 1975Times 13 Nov. 17/6 No one has ever agreed entirely about Kipling; Quot homines, tot sententiae. |