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... virtue only attempts what is hard . 351. A re decedunt . ( L . ) - They wander from the point . Irre- levant matter . - 352. Arenæ funis effici non potest . ( L. ) Col. 10 , præf . § 4.- You can't make a rope of sand . Cf. the Greek ...
... virtue only attempts what is hard . 351. A re decedunt . ( L . ) - They wander from the point . Irre- levant matter . - 352. Arenæ funis effici non potest . ( L. ) Col. 10 , præf . § 4.- You can't make a rope of sand . Cf. the Greek ...
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... virtue : but he's kind ; But that coarse body hides a mighty mind . - Conington . 389. At hæc animos ærugo et cura peculi Quum semel imbuerit , speramus carmina fingi Posse linenda cedro , et levi servanda cupresso . ( L. ) Hor . A. P. ...
... virtue : but he's kind ; But that coarse body hides a mighty mind . - Conington . 389. At hæc animos ærugo et cura peculi Quum semel imbuerit , speramus carmina fingi Posse linenda cedro , et levi servanda cupresso . ( L. ) Hor . A. P. ...
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... virtue's praised , and left out in the cold.-Ed. 422. Audentes Fortuna juvat . ( L. ) Virg . A. 10 , 284.- Fortune favours the brave . ( 2. ) Audentes deus ipse juvat . Ov . M. 10 , 586. - Heaven itself helps the brave . ( 3. ) Of ...
... virtue's praised , and left out in the cold.-Ed. 422. Audentes Fortuna juvat . ( L. ) Virg . A. 10 , 284.- Fortune favours the brave . ( 2. ) Audentes deus ipse juvat . Ov . M. 10 , 586. - Heaven itself helps the brave . ( 3. ) Of ...
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... virtue is an empty name , or the man who strains every nerve may justly claim the honour and the reward . 461. Aux grands maux les grands remèdes . ( Fr. ) Prov . Desperate diseases demand desperate remedies . 462. Auxilium ab alto ...
... virtue is an empty name , or the man who strains every nerve may justly claim the honour and the reward . 461. Aux grands maux les grands remèdes . ( Fr. ) Prov . Desperate diseases demand desperate remedies . 462. Auxilium ab alto ...
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... virtue . Motto of Viscount Hereford . 483. Beatam vitam non depulsione mali , sed adeptione boni judicemus : nec eam cessando , sive gaudentem sive non dolentem , sed agendo aliquid considerandoque quæramus . ( L. ) Cic . Fin . 2 , 13 ...
... virtue . Motto of Viscount Hereford . 483. Beatam vitam non depulsione mali , sed adeptione boni judicemus : nec eam cessando , sive gaudentem sive non dolentem , sed agendo aliquid considerandoque quæramus . ( L. ) Cic . Fin . 2 , 13 ...
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