mens sana in corpore sano

American  

[mens sah-nah in kohr-poh-re sah-noh, menz sey-nuh in kawr-puh-ree sey-noh] / mɛns ˈsɑ nɑ ɪn ˈkoʊr poʊˌrɛ ˈsɑ noʊ, mɛnz ˈseɪ nə ɪn ˈkɔr pəˌri ˈseɪ noʊ /

Latin.

1. a sound mind in a sound body.

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Example Sentences

“Mens sana in corpore sano,” Doña Charito proclaimed.

From Literature

“Mens sana in corpore sano or as we modify it in Chiswick, ‘clean bum clean conscience,’” the star wrote in the image's caption.

From Fox News

The Roman poet Juvenal is the person who introduced the famous maxim “Mens Sana in Corpore Sano”, but it’s only part of a longer maxim as shown above.

From New York Times

“Mens sana in corpore sano,” he says.

From Literature

Too often, kids who love to read are called dorks or nerds or some combination thereof, but definitely not high-school-hero athletes, as if mens sana in corpore sano — a sound mind in a sound body — has become an impossible contradiction in terms.

From Salon