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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Fortune telling . Into death's hidden hour ye mortals are prying , Searching what is the way ye shall come to your end . To interpret the teaching of planets ye're trying , Which star is man's enemy , which is his friend . -Ed . 411.
Fortune telling . Into death's hidden hour ye mortals are prying , Searching what is the way ye shall come to your end . To interpret the teaching of planets ye're trying , Which star is man's enemy , which is his friend . -Ed . 411.
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Fortune favours the brave . ( 2. ) Audentes deus ipse juvat . Ov . M. 10 , 586.- Heaven itself helps the brave . ... Fortune and Venus befriend the daring . 423. Au diable tant de maîtres , dit le crapaud à la herse . ( Fr. ) Prov .
Fortune favours the brave . ( 2. ) Audentes deus ipse juvat . Ov . M. 10 , 586.- Heaven itself helps the brave . ... Fortune and Venus befriend the daring . 423. Au diable tant de maîtres , dit le crapaud à la herse . ( Fr. ) Prov .
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Cicero quotes this old rule of Greek feasts as the maxim he had observed in life whenever Fortune frowned on him . By so doing , i.e. , by retiring ( he says ) , Injurias fortunæ , quas ferre nequeas , diffugiendo relinquas .
Cicero quotes this old rule of Greek feasts as the maxim he had observed in life whenever Fortune frowned on him . By so doing , i.e. , by retiring ( he says ) , Injurias fortunæ , quas ferre nequeas , diffugiendo relinquas .
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( L . ) - Fortune of war . In modern Latin it = a case , or , ground for proceeding to war . 609. Casus omissus et oblivioni datus dispositioni communis juris relinquitur . ( L. ) Law Max .--- Any case which has been omitted and ...
( L . ) - Fortune of war . In modern Latin it = a case , or , ground for proceeding to war . 609. Casus omissus et oblivioni datus dispositioni communis juris relinquitur . ( L. ) Law Max .--- Any case which has been omitted and ...
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Fortune . This goddess Fortune will of herself upset the plans Of a hundred wiseacres , and that's the truth . The man who knows how to use her aright Excels accordingly ; and then we all exclaim How wise , how clever , what a prudent ...
Fortune . This goddess Fortune will of herself upset the plans Of a hundred wiseacres , and that's the truth . The man who knows how to use her aright Excels accordingly ; and then we all exclaim How wise , how clever , what a prudent ...
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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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