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" If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink: Good wine, a friend, because I 'm dry, Or least I should be by and by, Or any other reason why. "
Dictionary of Quotations (classical) - Page 256
by Thomas Benfield Harbottle - 1906 - 684 pages
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General biography; or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1799 - 790 pages
...futura, A»t viui bonita,, aut quxlibet altera causa." " If on my thrmf I rightly think, There are ave reasons why men drink) Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or leit I should be by and by, Oi any other rcatoa vthy." That more serious and important labours commonly...
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Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, Volume 5

William Beloe - Bibliography - 1811 - 468 pages
...future, Ant vini bonitas, aut queelibet altera causa. The above has been thus translated : Jf on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why...men drink ; Good wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or least I should be by-and-by, Or any other reason why. The book, or rather the portion of a book, &bout...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist

English literature - 1843 - 588 pages
...inter manus dantis hsesit," has been well put by the same Ausonius in his eighty -third epigram — Si bene quid facias, facias cito : nam cito factum Gratum erit : ingratum gratia tarda facit. An Oxonian borrowed two sovereigns of a brother collegian, promising soon to return them in some shape...
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The Shropshire gazetteer

Shropshire gazetteer - 1824 - 1028 pages
...praesens sitis, atque futura, Aut vini bonitas, aut queelibet altera causa." Thus translated : "If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why...wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why." The candour of Dr. Aldrich's temper, and the moderation of his...
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Sprüchwörterbuch in sechs Sprachen, Deutsch, Englisch, Latein, Italienisch ...

Georg von Gaal - Proverbs - 1830 - 346 pages
...birni, es azzal nem elni, cktelen bolondsäg. 824. Gutes. Wer Gutes thun will, besinne sich nicht lange. Si bene quid facias, facias cito; nam cito factum Gratum erit, ingratum gratia tarda facit. A far bene non fate dimora , In poco tempo passa l'ora. 825. Wer Gutes thut, dem widerfährt Gutes....
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Oeuvres complètes, Volume 1

Decimus Magnus Ausonius - 1842 - 460 pages
...Sur cette autre pensée grecque : Un bienfait lent à venir est un bienfait mal fait. LXXXIII. Idem. Si bene quid facias , facias cito : nam cito factum Gratum erit : ingratum gratia tarda facit. LXXXIV. Insaltatoremineptum. DECEPT^ felix casus se miscuit arti. Histrio, saltavit1 qui Capanea, ruit....
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The Correspondence of Dr. Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York

Matthew Hutton - Hutton family - 1843 - 366 pages
...Justus esse nimium : yet I knowe also what followeth. Your Lordship, I presume, will geve me leave — " Si bene quid facias, facias cito : nam cito factum Gratum erit, ingratum gratia tarda facit." God loveth, and so doe princes, a cherefull gever. Noli perdere substantiam propter accidens. Thinges...
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the ..., Volume 1

William Goodman - Great Britain - 1843 - 342 pages
...Aldrich's five reasons for drinking, paraphrased from " aut vini bonitus qui alteri causa :" " If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why men drink ; Good wine, a friend, became I'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why." This learned gentleman was...
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The Social History of Great Britain During the Reigns of the ..., Volume 1

William Goodman - Great Britain - 1845 - 340 pages
...Aldrich's five reasons for drinking, paraphrased from " aut vini bonitus qui alteri causa :" "If on my theme I rightly think, There are five reasons why...wine, a friend, because I'm dry, Or lest I should be by and by, Or any other reason why." This learned gentleman was dean of Christ church, Oxford, in 1587....
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Anthologia Polyglotta: A Selection of Versions in Various Languages Chiefly ...

Henry Wellesley - Greek literature - 1849 - 508 pages
...quae tarda est, ingrata est gratia : namque Cum fieri properat, gratia grata magis. Ausoniue. : • . Si bene quid facias, facias cito : nam cito factum...Gratum erit : ingratum gratia tarda facit. Ausonius. •> f •*. Gratia cum properat, fit dulcior ; ast ubi tardât, Tota périt, nee jam nomine digna...
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