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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Tis only known to those who stand Already on death's borderland The bliss it is to die : Where life is vigorous still , to give Men courage to endure to live , The gods have sealed the eye . -Ed . 147. Agnosco veteris vestigia flammæ .
Tis only known to those who stand Already on death's borderland The bliss it is to die : Where life is vigorous still , to give Men courage to endure to live , The gods have sealed the eye . -Ed . 147. Agnosco veteris vestigia flammæ .
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We take our walks by means of the feet of others , we recognise a friend through another's eyes , we salute him by another recalling his name , we live by the work of others , etc. 191. Alieni temporis flores .
We take our walks by means of the feet of others , we recognise a friend through another's eyes , we salute him by another recalling his name , we live by the work of others , etc. 191. Alieni temporis flores .
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—Live with your friend as if you knew he might some day become your enemy . Cf. Ex inimico cogita posse fieri amicum . Sen. ? - Consider that of an enemy you may be able to make a friend ; and the Prov . , Ama tanquam osurus ; oderis ...
—Live with your friend as if you knew he might some day become your enemy . Cf. Ex inimico cogita posse fieri amicum . Sen. ? - Consider that of an enemy you may be able to make a friend ; and the Prov . , Ama tanquam osurus ; oderis ...
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A faithful servant to his master and an honest , as honesty goes , but not too good to live . 249. Amicus animæ dimidium . ( L . ) - A friend is the half of my life . 250. Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur . ( L. ) Enn . ap . Cic .
A faithful servant to his master and an honest , as honesty goes , but not too good to live . 249. Amicus animæ dimidium . ( L . ) - A friend is the half of my life . 250. Amicus certus in re incerta cernitur . ( L. ) Enn . ap . Cic .
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He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again . -Ray's Hist . of Rebellion , p . 48 ( Bristol , 1752 ) . Tertullian , de Fuga in Persecutione , cap .
He that fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise to fight again . -Ray's Hist . of Rebellion , p . 48 ( Bristol , 1752 ) . Tertullian , de Fuga in Persecutione , cap .
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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 |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Thomas Whittaker, 1889 |
| Original from | Michigan State University |
| Digitized | 16 Aug 2013 |
| Length | 624 pages |
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