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... nature . " “ Animi est enim omnis actio , et imago animi vultus , indices oculi . " CICERO . De Oratore , III . , 59 , 221 . " All action is of the mind , and the mirror of the mind is the face , its index the eyes . " " Animo vidit ...
... nature . " “ Animi est enim omnis actio , et imago animi vultus , indices oculi . " CICERO . De Oratore , III . , 59 , 221 . " All action is of the mind , and the mirror of the mind is the face , its index the eyes . " " Animo vidit ...
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... nature's rival . " SENECA . Epistolae , LXXXV . , 32 . " Artes serviunt vitae ; sapientia imperat . " 66 ' The arts ... natures and dispel all rudeness . " " Artifex est etiam cui ad exercendam artem instrumenta non sup- petunt ...
... nature's rival . " SENECA . Epistolae , LXXXV . , 32 . " Artes serviunt vitae ; sapientia imperat . " 66 ' The arts ... natures and dispel all rudeness . " " Artifex est etiam cui ad exercendam artem instrumenta non sup- petunt ...
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... nature . Rather than wealth , may I be blessed with 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 ...
... nature . Rather than wealth , may I be blessed with 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 ...
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... nature . " " Consuetudo enim , si prudenter et perite inducatur , fit revera ( ut vulgo dicitur ) altera natura . " BACON . De Augmentis Scientiarum , VIII . , 3 . " For habit , if it be guided with care and skill , becomes in truth ...
... nature . " " Consuetudo enim , si prudenter et perite inducatur , fit revera ( ut vulgo dicitur ) altera natura . " BACON . De Augmentis Scientiarum , VIII . , 3 . " For habit , if it be guided with care and skill , becomes in truth ...
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... nature gave us our fields , man's art built our cities . " " Divisum sic breve fiet opus . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , IV . , 83 , 8 . Divide the work and thus you'll shorten it . " " Divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce Aequo animo ...
... nature gave us our fields , man's art built our cities . " " Divisum sic breve fiet opus . " MARTIAL . Epigrams , IV . , 83 , 8 . Divide the work and thus you'll shorten it . " " Divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce Aequo animo ...
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