The Scaliger power disappeared rapidly in a few years after it had been founded.
Lipsius, Scaliger, and De Thou, were the ornaments of his court.
Si Cardan l'eût dit, Scaliger lui eût opposé ce qu'on trouve dans les anciens Poètes touchant la beauté de cet oiseau.
I would rather err with Scaliger than be right with Clavius.
Scaliger mentions one of his relations who experienced a similar horror when seeing a lily.
He boasted that he had occasioned the deaths of Casaubon and Scaliger.
It should, however, be remembered that Cardan did not seriously assert this belief till long after his controversy with Scaliger.
They come closest to Nature, nay, saith Scaliger, Art exceeds her.
Virgil is a great poet indeed, though few will now agree with Scaliger that he is equal, far less superior, to Homer.
Scaliger: I did not believe at first that there could be above fourscore.
