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... never yet known a poet who did not think himself the greatest in the world . That is the way of things ; you take delight in your works , I in mine . " " Adhuc sub judice lis est . " " The case is still before the court . " 66 ' Adhuc ...
... never yet known a poet who did not think himself the greatest in the world . That is the way of things ; you take delight in your works , I in mine . " " Adhuc sub judice lis est . " " The case is still before the court . " 66 ' Adhuc ...
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... never consider you wealthy . " " Animus quod perdidit optat , Atque in praeterita se totus imagine versat . " " PETRONIUS ARBITER . Satyricon , cap . 128 . The mind desires always what is lost , Dwells ever in the shadow of the past ...
... never consider you wealthy . " " Animus quod perdidit optat , Atque in praeterita se totus imagine versat . " " PETRONIUS ARBITER . Satyricon , cap . 128 . The mind desires always what is lost , Dwells ever in the shadow of the past ...
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... never understand avarice in an old man . For what can be more absurd than to add more and more to the provision for your journey as you draw nearer to its end ? " Avaritiam si tollere vultis , mater ejus est tollenda , luxuries ...
... never understand avarice in an old man . For what can be more absurd than to add more and more to the provision for your journey as you draw nearer to its end ? " Avaritiam si tollere vultis , mater ejus est tollenda , luxuries ...
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... never counterbalance the evils , though they may equal them in number . " " Bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 70 . " It is a very bad thing to become accustomed to good fortune . " " Boni pastoris esse tondere ...
... never counterbalance the evils , though they may equal them in number . " " Bonarum rerum consuetudo pessima est . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 70 . " It is a very bad thing to become accustomed to good fortune . " " Boni pastoris esse tondere ...
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... never can revoke . " - ( Conington . ) " Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum semel . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 116 . " We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all . " " ( Qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter ...
... never can revoke . " - ( Conington . ) " Deliberandum est diu quod statuendum semel . " PUBLILIUS SYRUS , 116 . " We must give lengthy deliberation to what has to be decided once and for all . " " ( Qui variare cupit rem prodigialiter ...
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