"Ne supra crepidam judicaret."
— Shoemaking
January 1, 1970
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Proverb quoted by Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis, XXXV. 10. 36. According to Cardinal Wiseman, it should read "a shoemaker should not go above his latchet." See his Points of Contact between Science and Art. Note under Sculpture. "Ne sutor supra crepidam." Given by Büchmann—Geflügelte Worte, as correct phrase. Ne sutor ultra crepidam, as quoted by Erasmus. Same idea in Non sentis, inquit, te ultra malleum loqui? "Do you not perceive that you are speaking beyond your hammer? To a blacksmith
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Proverb quoted by Pliny the Elder, Historia Naturalis, XXXV. 10. 36. According to Cardinal Wiseman, it should read "a shoemaker should not go above his latchet." See his Points of Contact between Science and Art. Note under Sculpture. "Ne sutor supra crepidam." Given by Büchmann—Geflügelte Worte, as correct phrase. Ne sutor ultra crepidam, as quoted by Erasmus. Same idea in Non sentis, inquit, te ultra malleum loqui? "Do you not perceive that you are speaking beyond your hammer? To a blacksmith