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... evil case , there's safety in inaction . " Aegroto , dum anima est spes esse dicitur . " CICERO . Ad Atticum , IX . , 10 , 3 . " As the saying is , while there is life there is hope . " 66 Aequa lege necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos ...
... evil case , there's safety in inaction . " Aegroto , dum anima est spes esse dicitur . " CICERO . Ad Atticum , IX . , 10 , 3 . " As the saying is , while there is life there is hope . " 66 Aequa lege necessitas Sortitur insignes et imos ...
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... evil fortune you are bold , Then half the evil's gone . " " Bonus judex damnat improbanda , non odit . " SENECA . De Ira , I. , 16 , 7 . " The upright judge condemns the crime , but does not hate the criminal . " " Breve enim tempus ...
... evil fortune you are bold , Then half the evil's gone . " " Bonus judex damnat improbanda , non odit . " SENECA . De Ira , I. , 16 , 7 . " The upright judge condemns the crime , but does not hate the criminal . " " Breve enim tempus ...
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... evil counsellor , Opposed to might and malice nought can stand . " " Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis : Sermo datur cunctis , animi sapientia paucis . " DIONYSIUS CATO . Disticha de Moribus , I. , 10 . " Against a chatterer wage ...
... evil counsellor , Opposed to might and malice nought can stand . " " Contra verbosos noli contendere verbis : Sermo datur cunctis , animi sapientia paucis . " DIONYSIUS CATO . Disticha de Moribus , I. , 10 . " Against a chatterer wage ...
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... evil in your sight , Who then is good ? " " Cui non conveniet sua res , ut calceus olim , Si pede major erit , subvertet ; si minor , uret . ” HORACE . Epistolae , I. , 10 , 42 . " Means should , like shoes , be neither large nor small ...
... evil in your sight , Who then is good ? " " Cui non conveniet sua res , ut calceus olim , Si pede major erit , subvertet ; si minor , uret . ” HORACE . Epistolae , I. , 10 , 42 . " Means should , like shoes , be neither large nor small ...
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... evil , the same lot endure . The Fates the willing lead , the unwilling drag . " " Dulce bellum inexpertis . " - " Imperitia . 17 ERASMUS . Adagiorum Chiliades.- " War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it . " " Dulce ...
... evil , the same lot endure . The Fates the willing lead , the unwilling drag . " " Dulce bellum inexpertis . " - " Imperitia . 17 ERASMUS . Adagiorum Chiliades.- " War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it . " " Dulce ...
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