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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Page 76
This saying and the similar one ( Athanasius contra mundum ) is quoted of any man who , like Cato in his ineffectual struggle against Cæsar , or Athanasius in his single - handed defence of the truth , champions an unpopular and ...
This saying and the similar one ( Athanasius contra mundum ) is quoted of any man who , like Cato in his ineffectual struggle against Cæsar , or Athanasius in his single - handed defence of the truth , champions an unpopular and ...
Page 79
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 man !
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 man !
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An individual may deceive and be deceived , but no one has ever yet succeeded in deceiving the whole world , nor has the world ever combined to deceive any individual . If the Christian world is persuaded of the truth of Christianity ...
An individual may deceive and be deceived , but no one has ever yet succeeded in deceiving the whole world , nor has the world ever combined to deceive any individual . If the Christian world is persuaded of the truth of Christianity ...
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Thought , or rather self - consciousness , is man's only ground for the truth of anything , even of his own existence . 758. Cognovit . ( L. ) Law Term .-- He has admitted . signifying that a defendant admits that the plaintiff's action ...
Thought , or rather self - consciousness , is man's only ground for the truth of anything , even of his own existence . 758. Cognovit . ( L. ) Law Term .-- He has admitted . signifying that a defendant admits that the plaintiff's action ...
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Conscious of truth , the mind can smile at lies , But we're a race too prone t'imagine vice .-- Ed . Si quid Usquam justitia est , et mens sibi conscia recti . Virg . A. 1 , 604.- If justice , and a sense of conscious right yet avail ...
Conscious of truth , the mind can smile at lies , But we're a race too prone t'imagine vice .-- Ed . Si quid Usquam justitia est , et mens sibi conscia recti . Virg . A. 1 , 604.- If justice , and a sense of conscious right yet avail ...
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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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