[Ads-l] Quote: Qui cessat esse melior, cessat esse bonus. He who ceases to improve, ceases to be good. Request in Early English Books Online 2

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

This request has now been satisfied. Many thanks to Stephen Goranson.
The QI article will be updated soon and will include an acknowledgement.
Garson

On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 4:47 AM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Gerald Krieghofer, a German quotation expert, contacted me and
> inquired about a saying attributed to Oliver Cromwell. I have now
> created a Quote Investigator article on the topic. Feedback welcome.
>
> If I Cease Becoming Better, I Shall Soon Cease To Be Good
> https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/10/27/good-better/
>
> The earliest citation in the QI article points to a Latin version of
> the adage (together with an English translation) in 1621.
>
> Perhaps a list member with access to the database Early English Books
> Online 2 (EEBO2) can help me by providing pertinent scans from a 1630
> book containing a Latin version of the saying. Below is some metadata,
> the target text, and a link. EEBO1 and EEO2 are now part of ProQuest,
> I believe. Anyone can search and access the OCR text of EEBO1, but
> access to EEBO2 is restricted.
>
> Year: 1630
> Title: Panacea: or, Select aphorismes, diuine and morall
> Publisher: Printed by Augustine Mathewes, London.
> Database: Early English Books Online 2
> http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A08887.0001.001
>
> [Begin extracted text]
> Qui cessat esse melior, cessat esse bonus.
> [End extracted text]
>
> Krieghofer encountered the saying because it is often attributed to
> Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. He has written an analysis in German
> casting doubt on that attribution:
> https://falschzitate.blogspot.com/2019/09/wer-aufhort-besser-werden-zu-wollen.html
>
> Garson O'Toole

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