Classical and Foreign Quotations: Law Terms and Maxims, Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Expressions in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, Spanish, and Portuguese. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
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This last maxim is attributed to Bias ( one of the Seven ) , and condemned by Scipio as destructive of all true friendship . Cf. also ότ ' εχθρός ημίν ες τοσόνδ ' εχθαρτεος , ώς και φιλήσων αύθις , ές τε τον φίλον τοσαυθ ' υπουργών ...
This last maxim is attributed to Bias ( one of the Seven ) , and condemned by Scipio as destructive of all true friendship . Cf. also ότ ' εχθρός ημίν ες τοσόνδ ' εχθαρτεος , ώς και φιλήσων αύθις , ές τε τον φίλον τοσαυθ ' υπουργών ...
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Not by its wish for praise is true grief shown : He mourns indeed who mourns when he's alone . - Ed . Cf. Plerique enim lacrimas fundunt , ut ostendant ; et toties siccos oculos habent , quoties spectator defuit . Sen. Tranq . 15.
Not by its wish for praise is true grief shown : He mourns indeed who mourns when he's alone . - Ed . Cf. Plerique enim lacrimas fundunt , ut ostendant ; et toties siccos oculos habent , quoties spectator defuit . Sen. Tranq . 15.
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... are forcible in law ; as , where in any deed equivocal expressions occur , and great inconvenience follows from one construction , it argues that such construction is not according to the true intention of the grantor . ( 3. ) ...
... are forcible in law ; as , where in any deed equivocal expressions occur , and great inconvenience follows from one construction , it argues that such construction is not according to the true intention of the grantor . ( 3. ) ...
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Time cannot wither talents ' well - earned fame : True genius has secured a deathless name . -Ed . 394. A tort et à travers . ( Fr. ) — Wrong and across . At random , by chance . 395. A tout seigneur tout honneur . ( Fr. ) Prov .
Time cannot wither talents ' well - earned fame : True genius has secured a deathless name . -Ed . 394. A tort et à travers . ( Fr. ) — Wrong and across . At random , by chance . 395. A tout seigneur tout honneur . ( Fr. ) Prov .
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True , genuine , reliable . Used as an adjective . ( Cf. Lewis and Short , Lat . Eng . Dict . , s.v. Fides II . , 2. ) 525. Bona malis paria non sunt , etiam pari numero ; nec lætitia ulla minimo mærore pensanda . ( L. ) Plin .
True , genuine , reliable . Used as an adjective . ( Cf. Lewis and Short , Lat . Eng . Dict . , s.v. Fides II . , 2. ) 525. Bona malis paria non sunt , etiam pari numero ; nec lætitia ulla minimo mærore pensanda . ( L. ) Plin .
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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. With Translations, References, Explanatory Notes, and Indexes |
| Author | William Francis Henry King |
| Publisher | T. Whitaker, 1888 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 18 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 608 pages |
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