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... Prov . - Leave the jest at its best . See Bohn's Foreign Prov . 167. A la chandelle la chèvre semble demoiselle . ( Fr. ) -By candle - light the goat looks like a young lady . 168. A la cour d'un tyran , injuste ou légitime , Prov . Le ...
... Prov . - Leave the jest at its best . See Bohn's Foreign Prov . 167. A la chandelle la chèvre semble demoiselle . ( Fr. ) -By candle - light the goat looks like a young lady . 168. A la cour d'un tyran , injuste ou légitime , Prov . Le ...
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... Prov . - It is little use to the unfortunate to be brave . 175. Alea belli . ( L. ) Liv . 37 , 36. - The fortunes of war . ( 2. ) Alea judiciorum . - The hazard of the law . Chance judiciary . 176. Alea jacta est . ( L . ) — The die is ...
... Prov . - It is little use to the unfortunate to be brave . 175. Alea belli . ( L. ) Liv . 37 , 36. - The fortunes of war . ( 2. ) Alea judiciorum . - The hazard of the law . Chance judiciary . 176. Alea jacta est . ( L . ) — The die is ...
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... Prov . - At the end the Gloria is chanted . Don't shout till you are out of the wood . 181. Aliæ nationes servitutem pati possunt , populi Romani est propria libertas . ( L. ) Cic . Phil . 6 , 7 , 19 .-- Other nations can put up with ...
... Prov . - At the end the Gloria is chanted . Don't shout till you are out of the wood . 181. Aliæ nationes servitutem pati possunt , populi Romani est propria libertas . ( L. ) Cic . Phil . 6 , 7 , 19 .-- Other nations can put up with ...
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... Prov -Away with you , sickness , to the places where they make you a good pillow to take your ease . 203. Alle anderen Dinge müssen ; der Mensch ist das Wesen , welches will . ( G. ) Schill . Das Erhabene . - All other things " must ...
... Prov -Away with you , sickness , to the places where they make you a good pillow to take your ease . 203. Alle anderen Dinge müssen ; der Mensch ist das Wesen , welches will . ( G. ) Schill . Das Erhabene . - All other things " must ...
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... Prov.- Everything would be right if it were not for " Buts . " 210. Alles was ist , ist vernünftig . ( G . ) - Everything that is , is reasonable . Abbrev . form of Hegel's words ( Rechts- philosophie , Preface , p . 17 ) , Was ...
... Prov.- Everything would be right if it were not for " Buts . " 210. Alles was ist , ist vernünftig . ( G . ) - Everything that is , is reasonable . Abbrev . form of Hegel's words ( Rechts- philosophie , Preface , p . 17 ) , Was ...
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