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... virtue all revere , They hush , they hist : his clear voice rules Their rebel wills , their anger cools . " - ( Conington . ) " Ac venerata Ceres , ita culmo surgeret alto , Explicuit vino contractae seria frontis . " HORACE . Satires ...
... virtue all revere , They hush , they hist : his clear voice rules Their rebel wills , their anger cools . " - ( Conington . ) " Ac venerata Ceres , ita culmo surgeret alto , Explicuit vino contractae seria frontis . " HORACE . Satires ...
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... virtue precede us every step will be safe . " " Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae . ” VIRGIL . Eneid , IV . , 23 . " E'en in these ashen embers cold I feel the spark I felt of old . " - ( Conington . ) " Ah ! crudele genus , nec fidum ...
... virtue precede us every step will be safe . " " Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae . ” VIRGIL . Eneid , IV . , 23 . " E'en in these ashen embers cold I feel the spark I felt of old . " - ( Conington . ) " Ah ! crudele genus , nec fidum ...
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... Virtue's a mere name , Or ' tis high venture that achieves high aim . " - ( Conington . ) PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 43 . " Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit . " ' Unity of aim gives strength to the feeblest aid . " " Avaritia vero senilis ...
... Virtue's a mere name , Or ' tis high venture that achieves high aim . " - ( Conington . ) PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 43 . " Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit . " ' Unity of aim gives strength to the feeblest aid . " " Avaritia vero senilis ...
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... virtue . " " In virtute posita est vera felicitas . " SENECA . De Vita Beata , XVI . , 1 . " True happiness is centred in virtue . " " Beatus enim nemo dici potest extra veritatem projectus . " SENECA . De Vita Beata , V. , 2 . " No one ...
... virtue . " " In virtute posita est vera felicitas . " SENECA . De Vita Beata , XVI . , 1 . " True happiness is centred in virtue . " " Beatus enim nemo dici potest extra veritatem projectus . " SENECA . De Vita Beata , V. , 2 . " No one ...
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... virtue . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " Bono vinci satius est , quam malo more injuriam vincere . " SALLUST . Jugurtha , XLII . " It is better to use fair means and fail , than foul and conquer . " " Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno ...
... virtue . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " Bono vinci satius est , quam malo more injuriam vincere . " SALLUST . Jugurtha , XLII . " It is better to use fair means and fail , than foul and conquer . " " Bonum est fugienda aspicere in alieno ...
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