Contra vim mortis non crescit herba in hortis

"Contra vim mortis non crescit herba in hortis" ( alternatively "") is a Latin maxim which literally translates as "no herb grows in the gardens against the power of death." An alternative wording, cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto or, "no sage grows in the gardens against the power of death" uses salvia in place of herba, is a wordplay with the name of "salvia" (sage), which in Latin literally means "healer", or "health maker". A broader meaning of the phrase is: "nothing can revert the embrace of death."