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... justice would refuse . " " Arma virumque cano . " VIRGIL . Eneid , I. , 1 . " Arms sing I , and the man . " " Armat spina rosas , mella tegunt apes , Crescunt difficili gaudia jurgio , Accenditque magis , quae refugit , Venus , Quod ...
... justice would refuse . " " Arma virumque cano . " VIRGIL . Eneid , I. , 1 . " Arms sing I , and the man . " " Armat spina rosas , mella tegunt apes , Crescunt difficili gaudia jurgio , Accenditque magis , quae refugit , Venus , Quod ...
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... justice bought ; The Law is Gold's obsequious follower , While modesty is of all law bereft . " At , pater ut gnati , sic nos debemus amici , Si quod sit vitium non fastidire . " HORACE . Satires , I. , 3 , 43 . " Come let us learn how ...
... justice bought ; The Law is Gold's obsequious follower , While modesty is of all law bereft . " At , pater ut gnati , sic nos debemus amici , Si quod sit vitium non fastidire . " HORACE . Satires , I. , 3 , 43 . " Come let us learn how ...
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... 24 , 6 . Piety , twin sister dear Of Justice ! naked Truth , unsullied Faith ! When will ye find his peer ? " - ( Conington . ) " Cui semper dederis , ubi negas , rapere imperas CRUDA DEO VIRIDISQUE - CUI PUDOR . 35 "Cui prodest scelus ...
... 24 , 6 . Piety , twin sister dear Of Justice ! naked Truth , unsullied Faith ! When will ye find his peer ? " - ( Conington . ) " Cui semper dederis , ubi negas , rapere imperas CRUDA DEO VIRIDISQUE - CUI PUDOR . 35 "Cui prodest scelus ...
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... justice yet avail for aught ; Heaven , and the sense of conscious right , With worthier meed your acts requite . " - ( Conington . ) " Dic mihi , an boni quid usquam est , quod quisquam uti possiet Sine malo omni ; aut , ne laborem ...
... justice yet avail for aught ; Heaven , and the sense of conscious right , With worthier meed your acts requite . " - ( Conington . ) " Dic mihi , an boni quid usquam est , quod quisquam uti possiet Sine malo omni ; aut , ne laborem ...
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... justice , it is according to natural law that no one should take advan- tage of another's ignorance to his own profit . " Excogitare nemo quicquam poterit quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia . " SENECA . De Clementia , I. , 19 ...
... justice , it is according to natural law that no one should take advan- tage of another's ignorance to his own profit . " Excogitare nemo quicquam poterit quod magis decorum regenti sit quam clementia . " SENECA . De Clementia , I. , 19 ...
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