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... nunquam temerando parcere ferro : Successus urgere suos : instare favori Numinis : impellens quicquid sibi summa petenti Obstaret gaudensque viam fecisse ruina . Julius Cæsar . ( L. ) Luc . 1 , 146 . Undaunted , keen : where Hope or ...
... nunquam temerando parcere ferro : Successus urgere suos : instare favori Numinis : impellens quicquid sibi summa petenti Obstaret gaudensque viam fecisse ruina . Julius Cæsar . ( L. ) Luc . 1 , 146 . Undaunted , keen : where Hope or ...
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... nunquam vir magnus leges , instituta , rempublicam non seret ? ( L. ) Cic . Tusc . 1 , 14 , 31. — The gardener plants trees , not one berry of which he will ever see : and shall not a public man plant laws , institutions , government ...
... nunquam vir magnus leges , instituta , rempublicam non seret ? ( L. ) Cic . Tusc . 1 , 14 , 31. — The gardener plants trees , not one berry of which he will ever see : and shall not a public man plant laws , institutions , government ...
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... nunquam absterrebitur uncto . Hor . S. 2 , 5 , 83. - You will never tear a dog away from a greasy hide . A dog that has once tasted flesh will be always gnawing anything of the kind . Proverb implying that bad habits stick closely ...
... nunquam absterrebitur uncto . Hor . S. 2 , 5 , 83. - You will never tear a dog away from a greasy hide . A dog that has once tasted flesh will be always gnawing anything of the kind . Proverb implying that bad habits stick closely ...
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... nunquam committit suam . Plaut . Truc . 4 , 4 , 15. - Consider what a clever animal the little mouse is , that never trusts its life to one hole only . Chaucer , Wif of Bath ( Prol . 572 ) , has : I hold a mouse ' s hert not worth a ...
... nunquam committit suam . Plaut . Truc . 4 , 4 , 15. - Consider what a clever animal the little mouse is , that never trusts its life to one hole only . Chaucer , Wif of Bath ( Prol . 572 ) , has : I hold a mouse ' s hert not worth a ...
Page 97
... nunquam , nocet esse locutum . ( L. ) Anth . Sacr . Jac . Billii ( in loquaces ) .— It never hurts a man to keep silence , but often to speak . G 825. Continuo culpam ferro compesce , priusquam Dira per incautum CONTICUISSE . 97.
... nunquam , nocet esse locutum . ( L. ) Anth . Sacr . Jac . Billii ( in loquaces ) .— It never hurts a man to keep silence , but often to speak . G 825. Continuo culpam ferro compesce , priusquam Dira per incautum CONTICUISSE . 97.
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