Near to Jupiter, nearer to the thunderbolt. (This is a saying made famous by its use in Victor Hugo's Hunchback of Notre Dame.)ħ37. (Notice here that the form minor is used for both masculine and feminine nouns.)ħ36. (This is the common philosophical notion of the microcosmos.)ħ35. You can also find a variant on this saying: Ne Hercules quidem adversus duos., "Not even Hercules fights against two opponents.")ħ34. (There is no verb in the Latin, but in English, Hercules needs to be the subject of an actual verb. Not even Hercules goes against more than one opponent. (This is a common turn of phrase that you can find in Latin authors, such as Ovid.)ħ32. (You can find this saying in the epilogue to Phaedrus's third book of fables.)ħ31. (This is a saying that found its way into Erasmus's Adagia, 1.3.99.)ħ30.
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