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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Everyone'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 Greek - Tà ...
Everyone'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 Greek - Tà ...
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( L . ) - The love of one's country . 264. Amor proximi . ( L . ) - Love for one's neighbour . 265. Amor tutti equaglia . ( It . ) - Love reduces all to one common level . 266. Amour avec loyaulté . ( Fr . ) - Love with loyalty .
( L . ) - The love of one's country . 264. Amor proximi . ( L . ) - Love for one's neighbour . 265. Amor tutti equaglia . ( It . ) - Love reduces all to one common level . 266. Amour avec loyaulté . ( Fr . ) - Love with loyalty .
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To wait for one who never comes , To be in bed and sleepless lie , To do one's best and not to rise , Are reasons three to make one die.-Ed. 384. Assai ben balla , a chi fortuna suona . ( It . ) Prov . — He . dances well enough who has ...
To wait for one who never comes , To be in bed and sleepless lie , To do one's best and not to rise , Are reasons three to make one die.-Ed. 384. Assai ben balla , a chi fortuna suona . ( It . ) Prov . — He . dances well enough who has ...
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( Fr . ) - At one's wit's end . I was au bout de mon Latin , as the French say , at my wit's end to know what to do . 413. Auctor nominis ejus Christus , Tiberio imperitante , per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum , supplicio affectus erat ...
( Fr . ) - At one's wit's end . I was au bout de mon Latin , as the French say , at my wit's end to know what to do . 413. Auctor nominis ejus Christus , Tiberio imperitante , per procuratorem Pontium Pilatum , supplicio affectus erat ...
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To the bird's young ones He gives food . The irreverent Et sa bonté s'arrête à la littérature ( and His bounty only is withheld from men of letters ) which will come home to the penniless author , is Gozlan's variant of the second line ...
To the bird's young ones He gives food . The irreverent Et sa bonté s'arrête à la littérature ( and His bounty only is withheld from men of letters ) which will come home to the penniless author , is Gozlan's variant of the second line ...
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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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