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... Prov.- Good fortune comes to people while they are asleep . 2. Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia . ( L. ) Law Max . The ... The uniformity of nature furnishes a ground of induction , upon which we may conclude that a similar condition ...
... Prov.- Good fortune comes to people while they are asleep . 2. Ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia . ( L. ) Law Max . The ... The uniformity of nature furnishes a ground of induction , upon which we may conclude that a similar condition ...
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... Prov.- Poverty obstructs the road to virtue . It is so easy to be good when one is well off . 14. Abnormis sapiens ... the first and last courses at a Roman dinner . The phrase applies to any topic , or speaker , monopolising the whole ...
... Prov.- Poverty obstructs the road to virtue . It is so easy to be good when one is well off . 14. Abnormis sapiens ... the first and last courses at a Roman dinner . The phrase applies to any topic , or speaker , monopolising the whole ...
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... the most detestable thing in the world ? 115. Egroto , dum anima est , spes esse dicitur . ( L. ) Prov . ap . Cic . Att . 9 , 10 , 3. — While a sick man has life , it is said that there is hope . 116. Ægyptum quam mihi laudabas ...
... the most detestable thing in the world ? 115. Egroto , dum anima est , spes esse dicitur . ( L. ) Prov . ap . Cic . Att . 9 , 10 , 3. — While a sick man has life , it is said that there is hope . 116. Ægyptum quam mihi laudabas ...
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... the son of Eacus the Romans can defeat . Instance of Amphibolia , or ambiguous lan- guage of oracles , from the ... Prov . - Leave the jest at its best . See Bohn's Foreign Prov . 167. A la chandelle la chèvre semble demoiselle . ( Fr ...
... the son of Eacus the Romans can defeat . Instance of Amphibolia , or ambiguous lan- guage of oracles , from the ... Prov . - Leave the jest at its best . See Bohn's Foreign Prov . 167. A la chandelle la chèvre semble demoiselle . ( Fr ...
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... Prov . - Every- one's friend is no one's friend . " A favourite has no friends . " - Gray . 245. Amicorum esse communia omnia . ( L. ) Prov . Cf. Cic . Off . 1 , 16 , 51. - Friends ' goods are common property . ( Translated from the ...
... Prov . - Every- one's friend is no one's friend . " A favourite has no friends . " - Gray . 245. Amicorum esse communia omnia . ( L. ) Prov . Cf. Cic . Off . 1 , 16 , 51. - Friends ' goods are common property . ( Translated from the ...
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