Quoted in Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience (1660) by Jeremy Taylor, I.i.5; commonly rendered into a proverb: "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", or simply "When in Rome..."
“When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
St. Ambrose, Si fueris Romæ, Romano vivito more as translated in Latin Proverbs and Quotations (1869) by Alfred Henderson; very commonly paraphrased as "When in Rome do as the Romans do".
Misattributed
“Live for yourself and you will live in vain;
Live for others, and you will live again.”
Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
“I live with you. I live for you. I live in you.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Vivo con te. Vivo per te. Vivo di te.
Source: prevale.net
“You can live, provided you live; that is, you can live for ever, provided you live a good life.”
Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher
229H:3:2
Sermons
Laozi (-604) semi-legendary Chinese figure, attributed to the 6th century, regarded as the author of the Tao Te Ching and fou…
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter CI: On the Futility of Planning Ahead
Salmaan Taseer (1944–2011) Pakistani politician
Meet the Governor: Family Life http://www.salmaantaseer.com/meet_govd.aspx?m=3&a=fl
Will Cuppy (1884–1949) American writer
The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody (1950), Part II: Ancient Greeks and Worse, Hannibal
“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.”
Douglas Adams book Mostly Harmless
Source: Mostly Harmless
