all roads lead to Rome
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古典用語的現代解讀;最早可能是指羅馬道路,或特指金色里程碑(羅馬道路的原點)。[1]
根據里爾的阿蘭1175年所著的 Liber Parabolarum (591),該短語的拉丁語形式為 mīlle viae dūcunt hominēs per saecula Rōmam (“一千條道路永遠能帶領人通往羅馬”)。[2]
英語中可能最早由喬叟使用於其1391年著作《論星盤》的序言 (39–40) 中,作“right as diverse pathes leden the folk the righte wey to Rome”(“如同各條小徑帶領人們走上通向羅馬的道路”)。[3][4][5][6]
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- ↑ Schaaf, P. (1867/1886) Ante-nicene fathers: The Apostolic fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, 卷1, electronic reprint版, Grand Rapids, MI, USA: CCEL: Roberts, A. & Donaldson, J, Eds., 页1
- ↑ Samuel Singer; Kuratorium Singer (1995), Walter de Gruyter, 编, Thesaurus Proverbiorum Medii Aevi: Lexikon der Sprichwörter des Romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters[1], ISBN 978 311008529 7, 页355
- ↑ “A Treatise on the Astrolabe, Part 1”, (请提供作品标题)[2], 访问于2 November 2008, 存档自原始网页于13 August 2009
- ↑ Gregory Y. Titelman (1996) Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings, ISBN 0-679-44554-4, 页8
- ↑ Linda Flavell; Roger Flavell (1993) Dictionary of Proverbs and their Origins
- ↑ “User Groups : Who Said It? : all roads lead to Rome”, Quoteland.com[3], 访问于2 November 2008, 存档自原始网页于14 May 2009