Manum nonverterim, Digitum non porrexerim

Are Latin phrases used to express the most perfect supineness and indifference on any subject, and which we have adopted : ” I would not give a turn of my hand, or hold out a finger to obtain it,” or, “I value not a straw what such a person may say of me,” or, ” there is not the turn of a straw difference between them.”

(Erasmus via Dr Bland)


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