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199 Cards in this Set
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Humum mandere
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To bite the dust
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A posteriori
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From what comes after. Inductive reasoning based on observation, as opposed to deductive, or a priori
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Imprimis
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In first place
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Suggestio veri, suggestio falsi
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An intimation of truth, an intimation of falcity
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In extenso
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At full length
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Hic jacet sepultus (HJS)
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Here lies buried
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Bona fide
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Acting in good faith
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Si tu id aeficas, ei venient. Ager somnia
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If you build it, they will come
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Ora pro nobis
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Pray for us
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Via media
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A middle way or course
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Qui me amat, amet et canem meum
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Who loves me, loves my dog too
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Nam et ipsa scientia potestas es
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Knowledge is power. (Sir Francis Bacon)
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Sartor resartus
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The tailor patched
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Noli turbare circulos meos!
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Don't upset my calculations! (Archimedes)
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Nil homini certum est
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Nothing is certain for man. (Ovid)
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Radix lecti
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Couch potato
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Uti possidetis
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As you possess
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Postatem obscuri lateris nescitis
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You do not know the power of the dark side
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Vale
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Farewell
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Fortuna caeca est
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Fortune is blind. (Cicero)
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Dulce est desipere in loco
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It is sweet to relax at the proper time
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Summum ius, summa iniuria
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The extreme law is the greatest injustice. (Cicero)
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Spemque metumque inter dubiis
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Hover between hope and fear. (Vergil)
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Dente lupus, cornu taurus petit
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The wolf attacks with his fang, the bull with his horn. (Horace)
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Tum podem extulit horridulum
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You are talking shit
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Anno hegirae (AH)
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In the year of the hegira
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Alter ego
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Other I or Other Self
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Deo favente
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With God's favour
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Mutatis mutandis
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The necessary changes having been made
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Graecia capta ferum victorem cepit
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Captive Greece conquered her savage victor. (Horace)
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Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
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To whom do I give my new elegant little book? (Catullus)
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Tempus edax rerum
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Time is the devourer of things (time flies)
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Nolle prosequi
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Do not pursue
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Nihil agere delectat
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It is pleasant to do nothing. (Cicero)
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In absentia
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In one's absence
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Nullum gratuitum prandium
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There is no free lunch!
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Fortes fortuna adiuvat
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Fortune favors the brave. (Terence)
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Mater
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Mother
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Qui bene cantat, bis orat
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He who sings well, prays twice
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Balaenae nobis conservandae sunt!
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Save the whales!
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Oderint dum metuant
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Let them hate provided that they fear. (Seneca)
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Stet
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Let it stand
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Ad multos annos
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To many years!, i.e. Many happy returns!
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In dubio pro reo
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In doubt in favor of the accused. If there is a doubt about guiltiness, the judgement has to be in favour of the accused
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Natale solum
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Native soil
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Abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit
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He has left, absconded, escaped and disappeared
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Pro et contra
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For and against
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Asinus asinum fricat
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The ass rubs the ass. (Conceited people flatter each other about qualities they do not possess)
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Sic volo, sic iubeo
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I want this, I order this. (Juvenalis)
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Hic et nunc
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Here and now
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In flagrante delicto
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In the very act of committing an offence
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Vulpem pilum mutat, non mores
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A fox may change its hair, not its tricks. (People change behaviour but not their aims)
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Ne cede malis
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Do not yield to misfortune
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Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum
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Only you are can prevent forest fires
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Non prosequitur
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He does not proceed
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Artium baccalaureus
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Bachelor of Arts (BA)
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Tempore
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In the time of
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Cui bono?
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For whose benefit is it? (a maxim sometimes used in the detection of crime) (Cicero)
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Victoria Regina (VR)
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Queen Victoria
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Nvdvm pactvm
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A nude pact an invalid agreement a contract with illusory benefits or without consideration hence unenforceable
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In nuce
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In a nutshell
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Magnum opus
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Great work, the major work of one's life
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Bis in die (B.i.d.)
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Twice a day
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Deus volent
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(as) God will
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Deo vindice
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God will prove us right. (motto of the Confederate States of America)
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Ad majorem dei gloriam
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To the greater glory of God
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Ubi amor, ibi oculus
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Where love is, there is insight
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Volens et potens
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Willing and able
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In puris naturalibus
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Completely naked
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Non Gradus Anus Rodentum!
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Not Worth A Rats Ass!
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Philosophum non facit barba!
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The beard does not define a philosopher. (Plutarch)
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Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit
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If the end is good, everything will be good (all's well that ends well)
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Versus
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Against
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Habeas corpus
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You must have the body", i.e. You must justify an imprisonment
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Mens regnum bona possidet
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An honest heart is a kingdom in itself. (Seneca)
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Vae victis!
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Woe to the conquered! (vanquished) (Livy)
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Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent
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Other people's things are more pleasing to us, and ours to other people. (Publilius Syrus)
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Commodum ex iniuria sua nemo habere debet
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No person ought to have advantage from his own wrong
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Sanctum sanctorum
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The holy of holies
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Excitabat fluctus in simpulo
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He was stirring up billows in a ladle. (He was raising a tempest in a teapot) (Cicero)
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Corpus delicti
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The body of a crime. (The substance or fundamental facts of a crime)
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Nihil est
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Nulla regula sine exceptione
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There is no rule/law without exception
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Quod vide (Qv)
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See this thing
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Qui omnes insidias timet in nullas incidit
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He who fears every ambush falls into none. (Pubilius Syrus)
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Ad vitam aeternam
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For all time
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Ab absurdo
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From the absurd (establishing the validity of your argument by pointing out the absurdity of your opponent's position)
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Margaritas ante porcos
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Pearls before swine. To give something valuable to someone not respecting it
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Ivs est ars boni et aeqvi
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Law is the art of the good and the just
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Instrumentum aeri temperando
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Airconditioner
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Ad maiorem dei gloriam (AMDG)
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For the greater glory of God
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Pactum serva
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Keep the faith
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Ex libris
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From the Library (of)
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Bis dat qui cito dat
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He gives twice who quickly gives. (Publius Syrus)
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Urbem lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit
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He found a city [Rome] of bricks and left a city of marble. (Augustus)
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Obscurum per obscurius
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The obscure by means of the more obscure
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Vixit
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He/she has lived
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Verba movent, exempla trahunt
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Words move people, examples draw/compel them. Deeds, not words, give the example
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Amat victoria curam
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Victory favors those who take pains
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Quid agis, medice?
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What's up, Doc?
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Mittimus
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We send (to prison)
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Post hoc
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After this
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In futuro
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In the future
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In principio
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In the beginning
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Illegitimis nil carborundum
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Don't let the bastards grind you down
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Salve(te)
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Greetings!
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Filius nullius
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a bastard
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Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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Who watches the watchmen? (Juvenal)
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Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus amori
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Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. (Vergil)
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Ex hypothesi
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From the hypothesis. (i.e. The one under consideration)
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Fas est et ab hoste doceri
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It's proper to learn even from an enemy. (Ovid)
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Silent enim leges inter arma
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Laws are silent in times of war. (Cicero)
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Avarus animus nullo satiatur lucro
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A greedy mind is satisfied with no (amount of) gain
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Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit
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Perhaps someday we will look back upon these things with joy
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In camera
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In private chamber
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Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate
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Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily
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Exeunt
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They go out
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Quo iure?
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By what law?
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A cappella
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In church [style]
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Nosce te ipsum
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Know thyself. (Inscription at the temple of Apollo in Delphi.)
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Et uxor (abbreviated et ux.)
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And wife
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De mortuis nihil nisi bonum
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Say nothing but good about the dead. (Chilon)
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Gens togata
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The toga
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Si sapis, sis apis
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If you are wise, be a bee
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Ubi revera (Ubi re vera)
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When, in reality
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Ultima ratio
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Last reason. The last resort
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Aegrescit medendo
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The disease worsens with the treatment. The remedy is worse than the disease
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Ora et labora
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Pray and work. (St. Benedict)
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Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est
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A sword is never a killer, it's a tool in the killer's hands. (Seneca)
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Olim
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Formerly
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Ad captandum vulgus
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To appeal to the crowd
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Lupus est homo homini
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Man is wolf to man
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Laudant illa, sed ista legunt
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Some (writing) is praised, but other is read. (Martialis)
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Hannibal ante portas!
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Hannibal is at the doors! The enemy/danger is at the doors!
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Infinitus est numerus stultorum
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Infinite is the number of fools
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Noli me voca, ego te vocabo
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Don't call me. I'll call you
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Modus operandi (m.o.)
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Way of operating
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Virtvtis fortvna comes
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Good luck is the companion of courage
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Pars maior lacrimas ridet et intus habet
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You smile at your tears but have them in your heart. (Martialis)
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Non erravi perniciose!
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I did not commit a fatal error!
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Cui peccare licet peccat minus
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One who is allowed to sin, sins less. (Ovid)
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Crescit amor nummi, quantum ipsa pecunia crevit
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The love of wealth grows as the wealth itself grew. (Juvenalis)
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Musica delenit bestiam feram
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Music soothes the savage beast
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Nemo sine vitio est
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No one is without fault. (Seneca the Elder)
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Vive hodie
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Live today (not tomorrow)
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Concordia discors
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Discordant harmony
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Sensu lato
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Broadly speaking
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Pro di immortales!
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Good Heavens!
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An nescis, mi fili, quantilla sapientia mundus regatur?
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Don't you know then, my son, how little wisdom rules the world?
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Da mihi sis bubulae frustrum assae, solana tuberosa in modo gallico fricta, ac quassum lactatum coagulatum crassum
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Give me a hamburger, french fries, and a thick shake
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Alter ipse amicus
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A friend is another self
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De die in diem
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From day to day
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Me transmitte sursum, caledoni!
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Beam me up, Scotty!
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Fugit hora
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The hour flies
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Regnat non regitur qui nihil nisi quod vult facit
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He is a king and not a subject who does only what he wishes. (Syrus)
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Dimidium facti qui coepit habet
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Half is done when the beginning is done. (Horace)
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Non est mea culpa
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It's not my fault
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Particeps criminis
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Partner in crime
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Munit haec et altera vincit
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One defends and the other conquers
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Omne ignotum pro magnifico est
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We have great notions of everything unknown. (Tacitus)
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Ne feceris ut rideam
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Don't make me laugh
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Caro putridas es!
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You're dead meat
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Facito aliquid operis, ut te semper diabolus inveniat occupatum
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Always do something, so that the devil always finds you occupied. (St. Jerome)
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Salva veritate
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With truth preserved
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Agenda
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Things to be done
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Velle est posse
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To be willing is to be able
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Difficile est saturam non scribere
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It is hard not to write satire. (Juvenalis)
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Magna charta
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Great paper
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Via
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By way of
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Scilicet (Sc.)
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That is to say
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Locus desperatus
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A hopeless passage
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Quad nesciunt eos non interficiet
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What they don't know won't kill them
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Simpliciter
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Naturally; without qualification
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Ipse dixit
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He himself said it. (Cicero)
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Videlicet (viz.)
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That is to say; To wit; Namely
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Eram quod es, eris quod sum
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I was what you are, you will be what I am. (grave inscription)
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Integer vitae scelerisque purus
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Blameless of life and free from crime
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Melius est praevenire quam praeveniri
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Better to forestall than to be forestalled
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Antiquis temporibus, nati tibi similes in rupibus ventosissimis exponebantur ad necem
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In the good old days, children like you were left to perish on windswept crags
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Caveat emptor
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Let the buyer beware. (He buys at his own risk)
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In partibus infidelium
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In parts inhabited by unbelievers
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Aura popularis
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The popular breeze. (Cicero)
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Aut disce aut discede
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Either learn or leave
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Cave quid dicis, quando, et cui
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Beware what you say, when, and to whom
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Post bellum
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After the war
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Si vis pacem, para bellum
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If you want peace, prepare for the war. (Vegetius)
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Lapsus nivium!
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Avalanche!!
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Variatio delectat
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There's nothing like change! (Cicero)
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Sine prole (Sp)
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Without issue
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Nemo timendo ad summum pervenit locum
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No man by fearing reaches the top. (Syrus)
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Suo jure
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In one's rightful place
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Nescio quid dicas
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I don't know what you're talking about
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Totidem verbis
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In so many words
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Risus abundat in ore stultorum
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Abundant laughs in the mouth of the foolish
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Mens sana in corpore sano
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A sound mind in a sound body. (Juvenalis)
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Pro tanto
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So far
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Hic puer est stultissimus omnium!
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This boy is the stupidest of all!
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Ex abrupto
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Without preparation
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Vitiis nemo sine nascitur
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No
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