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... potest , commissa tacere Qui nequit , hic niger est , hunc tu , Romane , caveto . ( L. ) Hor . S. 1 , 4 , 81 . A blackguard . The man that will malign an absent friend Or when his friend's attacked , does not defend ; Who seeks to raise ...
... potest , commissa tacere Qui nequit , hic niger est , hunc tu , Romane , caveto . ( L. ) Hor . S. 1 , 4 , 81 . A blackguard . The man that will malign an absent friend Or when his friend's attacked , does not defend ; Who seeks to raise ...
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... none . 198. Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa , quia non potest esse judex et pars . ( L. ) Law Max . - No one may be judge in his own case , because no one may be judge and suitor at the same time . Thus , a ALIQUIS . 29.
... none . 198. Aliquis non debet esse judex in propria causa , quia non potest esse judex et pars . ( L. ) Law Max . - No one may be judge in his own case , because no one may be judge and suitor at the same time . Thus , a ALIQUIS . 29.
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... potest . ( L . ) — Let no one be at the beck of another man who can be his own master . Chosen as motto by Paracelsus , and thought to be of his composing ( vide Fournier , L'Esprit des autres , 187 ) . 224. Alter rixatur de lana sæpe ...
... potest . ( L . ) — Let no one be at the beck of another man who can be his own master . Chosen as motto by Paracelsus , and thought to be of his composing ( vide Fournier , L'Esprit des autres , 187 ) . 224. Alter rixatur de lana sæpe ...
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... 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 .
... 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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... potest . ( L. ) Col. 10 , præf . § 4.- You can't make a rope of sand . Cf. the Greek equiva- lent , ἐξ ἄμμου σχοινίον πλέκειν . — Aristid . semina mandas Non profecturis litora ( 2. ) Arenæ bubus aras . Ov . H. 5 , 115. - You are sowing ...
... potest . ( L. ) Col. 10 , præf . § 4.- You can't make a rope of sand . Cf. the Greek equiva- lent , ἐξ ἄμμου σχοινίον πλέκειν . — Aristid . semina mandas Non profecturis litora ( 2. ) Arenæ bubus aras . Ov . H. 5 , 115. - You are sowing ...
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