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2 Expertus disces quam gravis iste labor . - Forcellini , Dict . Lat . Præf . 3 Second rate and post - Augustan authors are by no means to be despised as far as quotations go . What could be better , e.g. , than Statius ( Theb .
2 Expertus disces quam gravis iste labor . - Forcellini , Dict . Lat . Præf . 3 Second rate and post - Augustan authors are by no means to be despised as far as quotations go . What could be better , e.g. , than Statius ( Theb .
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Falsification of text , order , form of sentence , and author , " Voluptas est malorum esca ; quod ea non minus homines quam hamo capiuntur pisces . Plautus , " for the " Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem quod ea videlicet homines ...
Falsification of text , order , form of sentence , and author , " Voluptas est malorum esca ; quod ea non minus homines quam hamo capiuntur pisces . Plautus , " for the " Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem quod ea videlicet homines ...
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Egyptum quam mihi laudabas , Serviane charissime , totam didici levem pendulam et ad omnia famæ momenta volitantem . Genus hominum seditiosissimum vanissimum injuriosissimum . ( L. ) Hadrian ap . Vop . Saturn . 8 , p . 960 ( Hist .
Egyptum quam mihi laudabas , Serviane charissime , totam didici levem pendulam et ad omnia famæ momenta volitantem . Genus hominum seditiosissimum vanissimum injuriosissimum . ( L. ) Hadrian ap . Vop . Saturn . 8 , p . 960 ( Hist .
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Anguillam cauda tenes . 284. Animal implume bipes . ( L . ) - A featherless biped . Plato's definition of a man . 285. Anima magis est ubi amat , quam ubi animat . ( L. ) S. Aug. - The soul is more where it loves , than where it lives .
Anguillam cauda tenes . 284. Animal implume bipes . ( L . ) - A featherless biped . Plato's definition of a man . 285. Anima magis est ubi amat , quam ubi animat . ( L. ) S. Aug. - The soul is more where it loves , than where it lives .
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An potest quidquam esse absurdius , quam quo minus viæ restat , eo plus viatici quærere ? ( L. ) Cic . Sen. 18 , 66.— Can anything be more absurd than to be accumulating the more provision for the way , the less of 40 ANIMUS .
An potest quidquam esse absurdius , quam quo minus viæ restat , eo plus viatici quærere ? ( L. ) Cic . Sen. 18 , 66.— Can anything be more absurd than to be accumulating the more provision for the way , the less of 40 ANIMUS .
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| Title | Classical and Foreign Quotations,law Terms and Maxims,proverbs,mottoes,phrases,and Expressions in French,German,Greek,Italian,Latin,Spanish,and Portuguese |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Compiled by | William Francis Henry King |
| Publisher | Whitaker & Sons, 1887 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 608 pages |
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