"Contra vim mortis non crescit herba in hortis" (pronounced as /la-x-medieval/ alternatively "") is a Latin maxim which literally translates as "no herb grows in the gardens against the power of death."[1] An alternative wording, Latin: 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".[2] A broader meaning of the phrase is: "nothing can revert the embrace of death."