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Inhumanitas omni aetate molesta est
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Inhumanity is harmful in every age. (Cicero)
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Nervos belli, pecuniam. (Nervus rerum.)
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The nerve of war, money. (The nerve of things.) (Cicero)
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Locus standi
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The right to be heard in court
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Pro tempore (pro tem.)
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For the time being
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Aut viam inveniam aut faciam
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I will either find a way or make one
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De asini vmbra disceptare
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To argue about the shadow of an ass. (petty things for petty mind)
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Exterioris pagina puella
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Cover Girl
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Volvptates commendat rarior vsvs
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Infrequent use commends pleasure. (moderation in all things)
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O tempora, O mores!
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Oh, the times! Oh, the morals! (Cicero)
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Suggestio falsi
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Suggestion of something false
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Noli nothis permittere te terere
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Don’t let the bastards get you down
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Deo adiuvante
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With God's help
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Sapere aude!
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Dare to be wise! (Horace)
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Nomen est omen
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The name is the sign
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Ratio et consilium propriae ducis artes
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Reason and deliberation are the proper skills of a general
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Via dolorosa
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The Way of Sorrow
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Natura in minima maxima
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Nature is the greatest in the smallest things
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Ex officio
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By virtue of his office
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Quique amavit, cras amet
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May he love tomorrow who has never loved before;
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Age quod agis
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Do what you do well, pay attention to what you are doing
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Lingua franca
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French tongue
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Quaque mane (Qm)
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Every morning
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Fidei defensor
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Defender of the faith
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Caeli enarrant gloriam dei
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The heavens declare the glory of God
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Floruit
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Flourished
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Facilius per partes in cognitionem totius adducimur
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We are more easily led part by part to an understanding of the whole. (Seneca)
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Quorum
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Of whom
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Pulvis et umbra sumus
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We are dust and shadow. (Horace)
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Ceteris paribus
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All else being equal
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Elizabeth Regina/Eduardus Rex (E.R.)
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Queen Elizabeth/King Edward
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Scripsit
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He/she wrote it
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Revelare pecunia!
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Show me the money!
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Quo ad hoc
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As much as this (to this extent)
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Crux
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Puzzle
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Re
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Concerning
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Veritas vos liberabit
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The truth will set you free
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In loco
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In the place of
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Sub poena
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Under penalty of law
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Primum non nocere
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The first thing is to do no harm. (Hippocratic oath)
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Vive vt vivas
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Live that you may live
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Placet
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It pleases
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Intelligo me intelligere
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I understand that I understand. (St. Augustine)
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Peculium
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Property
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Vrbi et orbi
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To the city and to the world. (preface of Papal documents)
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Totum dependeat!
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Let it all hang out!
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Conditio sine qua non
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Condition without which not, or an essential condition or requirement
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In dubiis non est agendum
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In dubious cases, you should not act
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Loquitur (Loq.)
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He/she speaks
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Et tu, brute!
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You too, Brutus! Even you have betrayed me! (Caesar's last words)
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Non, mihi ignosce, credo me insequentem esse
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No, excuse me, I believe I'm next
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Inter arma silent leges
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In time of war, laws are silent
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Inter canum et lupum
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Between a dog and a wolf
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Non serviam
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I will not serve
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Inter nos
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Between ourselves
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Sumptus censum ne superet
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Let not your spending exceed your income (live within your means)
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Pretium iustum est
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The Price is Right
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Sine die
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Without a day (being set)
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Omnes aequo animo parent ubi digni imperant
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All men cheerfully obey where worthy men rule. (Syrus)
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Homo nudus cum nuda iacebat
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Naked they lay together, man and woman
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Ubique
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Everywhere
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In libris libertas
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In books (there is) freedom
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Vir bonus, dicendi peritus
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A good man, skilled in speaking. (definition of an orator) (Cato the Elder)
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De profundis
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Up from the depths (of misery)
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Mvndvs vvlt decipi
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The world wishes to be deceived there's a sucker born every minute
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Pater familias
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Father of the family
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Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent
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He must fear many, whom many fear. (Laberius)
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Ventis secundis, tene cursum
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Go with the flow
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Iunctis viribus
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By united efforts
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Quod differtur, non aufertur
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That which is postponed is not dropped. Inevitable is yet to happen. (Sir Thomas More)
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Vacca, vacca, vacca
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Cow, cow, cow
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Orbes volantes exstare
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Flying saucers are real
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Sine sole sileo
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Without the sun I'm silent. (sundial inscription)
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Unitas mirabile vinculum
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The wonderful bond of unity
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Maximus in minimis
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Great in little things
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Ave caesar! Morituri te salutamus
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Hail Caesar! We who are about to die salute you. (gladiators before the fight)
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Dominus vobiscum
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May the Lord be with you (Plural)
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Una salus victis nullam sperare salutem
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The one safety for the vanquished is to abandon hope of safety knowing there is no hope can give one the courage to fight and win
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Cogito sumere potum alterum
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I think I'll have another drink
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Frater, ave atque vale
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Brother, hello and good
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Millennium (millennia)
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A thousand year period
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Prescriptio in manibus tabellariorium est
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The check is in the mail
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Memorabilia
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Memorable things
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Fiat volvntas tva
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Let Thy will [be done] (Biblical)
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Vale, lacerte!
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See you later, alligator!
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Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum europe vincendarum
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Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe
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Probae esti in segetem sunt deteriorem datae fruges, tamen ipsae suaptae enitent
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A good seed, planted even in poor soil, will bear rich fruit by its own nature. (Accius)
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Moratorium
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A delay
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In perpetuum
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To all time
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Te audire non possum. Musa sapientum fixa est in aure
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I can't hear you. I have a banana in my ear
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Terminus ad quem
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The end to which
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Ultimo (ult.)
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Of the previous month
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Semper paratus
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Always prepared
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Cedo maiori
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I yield to a greater person
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Nemo dat quod non habet
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No one gives what he does not have
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Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum
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Do not take as gold everything that shines like gold
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Magnas inter oper inops
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A pauper in the midst of wealth. (Horace)
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Dixi
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I have spoken. (I will say no more on the matter, and no one else may speak further)
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Tempus neminem manet
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Time waits for no one
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Corpus christi
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The body of Christ
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Verbum sapienti satis est
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A word to the wise is sufficient. Enough said
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Dum vita est spes est
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While life is, hope is. / While there is life there is hope
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Lex malla, lex nulla
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A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas)
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Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit
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It ain't over until it's over
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Vita sine libris mors est
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Life without books is death
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Per capita
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Per head
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Quidvis Recte Factum Quamvis Humile Praeclarum
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Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble
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Iure divino
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By divine law
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Ventis secundis, tene/tenete cursum
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The winds being favorable, hold the course
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Seriatim
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One after another in order
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Opus dei
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The work of God
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Urbi et orbi
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To the city [Rome] and to the globe
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Cum tacent, clamant
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When they remain silent, they cry out. (Their silence speaks louder than words) (Cicero)
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Vade in pace
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Go in peace. (Roman way of saying goodbye)
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Nemo repente fuit turpissimus
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No one ever became thoroughly bad in one step. (Juvenal)
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Ex gratia
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Purely as a favour
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Laus Deo
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Praise be to God
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Vltima ratio regvm
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The final argument of kings. (motto of Louis XIV on his cannon)
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Anno mundi
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In the year of the world
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Tam diu minime visu!
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Long time, no see!
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Decrevi
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I have decreed
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Uti, non abuti
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To use, not abuse
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Victis honor
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Honour to the vanquished
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Litoralis
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Beach bum
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Nemo ante mortem beatus
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Nobody is blessed before his death. We never know what is future preparing for us!
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Rident stolidi verba latina
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Fools laugh at the Latin language. (Ovid)
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Indulgentiam quaeso
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I ask your indulgence
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Viva voce
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With living voice
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Valui ad satanam in computatrum meum invocandum
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I succeeded in summoning satan into my computer
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Dulcius ex asperis
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Through difficulty, sweetness
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Pater Noster
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Our Father. The first words of the Lord's Prayer in Latin
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Trahimur omnes laudis studio
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We are all led on by our eagerness for praise. (Cicero)
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Credula vitam spes fovet et melius cras fore semper dicit
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Credulous hope supports our life, and always says that tomorrow will be better. (Tibullus)
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Pro nunc
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For now
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Ignotus (ign.)
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Unknown
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Ars longa, vita brevis
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Art (work) is long, but life is short
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Heus, hic nos omnes in agmine sunt!
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Hey, we're all in line here!
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Quod licet Iovi non licet bovi
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What Jupiter (supreme God) is allowed to do, cattle (people) are not
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Perpetuum mobile
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Something in perpetual motion
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Pavesco, pavesco
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I'm shaking, I'm shaking
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Nullum crimen sine lege, nulla poena sine lege
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No crime and no punishment without a (pre
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Aqua fortis
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Nitric acid
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Delenda est carthago
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Carthage must be destroyed
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Arcana imperii
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Secrets of the empire
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Nihil est ab omni parte beatum
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Nothing is good in every part. (Horace)
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Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium
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Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence. (Seneca)
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Simia quam similis, turpissimus bestia, nobis!
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How like us is that very ugly beast the monkey. (Cicero)
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Summum bonum
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The highest good
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Anno (an.)
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Year
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Exitus acta probat
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The outcome proves the deeds. (the end justifies the means) (Ovid)
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Paucis verbis
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In a few words
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Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus
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Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon. (This is the motto of Harry Potter's alma mater)
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Nolite id cogere, cape malleum majorem
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Don't force it, get a bigger hammer
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Sciri facias
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Cause (him) to know
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Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis
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The times change, and we change with them. (John Owen)
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Hoc erat in votis
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This was among my prayers
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Tarditas et procrastinatio odiosa est
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Delay and procrastination is hateful. (Cicero)
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Hic jacet (HJ)
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Here lies. (written on gravestones or tombs)
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Pro se
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On one's own behalf
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Qvis cvstodiet iposos cvstodes
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Who will guard those selfsame guardians? Don't assign a fox to guard the henhouse
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In aeternum
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For eternity
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In pleno
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In full
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Te Deum
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Thee, God
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Diem perdidi
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I have lost a day (another day wasted) (Titus)
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Mea culpa
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Through my fault
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Absente reo
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In absence of the defendant
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Amoto quaeramus seria ludo
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Joking aside, let us turn to serious matters. (Horace)
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Qvae nocent docent
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Things that hurt, teach. School of Hard Knocks
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Quod bonum, felix faustumque sit!
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May it be good, fortunate and prosperous! (Cicero)
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Bis interimitur qui suis armis perit
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He is doubly destroyed who perishes by his own arms. (Syrus)
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Me oportet propter praeceptum te nocere
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I'm going to have to hurt you on principle
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Ab ovo
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From the egg
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Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est
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There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. (Catullus)
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Pleno iure
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With full authority
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Per aspera ad astra
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Through the thorns to the stars
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Qvod erat demonstrandvm
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[that] which has been demonstrated
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Inter spem et metum
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Between hope and fear
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Mulier taceat in ecclesia
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Let the woman be silent in church. (Paul)
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Ubicumque homo est, ibi benefici locus est
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Wherever there is a man, there is a place of/for kindness/service
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In totidem verbis
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in so many words
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Pro memoria
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For a memorial
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Caeci caecos ducentes
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Blind are led by the blind. Leaders are not more knowledgeable than the ones they lead
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Amantes sunt amentes
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Lovers are lunatics
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Editio princeps
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first printed edition
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Dies non
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Business free day
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Braccae illae virides cum subucula rosea et tunica Caledonia
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quam elenganter concinnatur!
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Litterae humaniores
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The humanities
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Cogitationis poenam nemo patitur
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Nobody should be punished for his thoughts
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Crescite et multiplicamini
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Increase and multiply
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
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Let him who wishes for peace prepare for war. (Vegetius)
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In rerum natura
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In the nature of things
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Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem laeseris
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It is human nature to hate a person whom you have injured
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Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt
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Men gladly believe that which they wish for. (Caesar)
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Nullum saeculum magnis ingeniis clausum est
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No generation is closed to great talents. (Seneca)
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Scio cur summae inter se dissentiant! Numeris Romanis utor!
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I know why the numbers don't agree! I use Roman numerals!
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Tertium quid
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A third something
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Ex parte
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By only one party to a dispute in the absence of the other
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Abusus non tollit usum
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Wrong use does not preclude proper use
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Rosa rubicundior, lilio candidior, omnibus formosior, semper in te glorior
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Redder than the rose, whiter than the lilies, fairer than everything, I will always glory in thee
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Si Deus pro nobis quis contra nos
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If God is with us who is against us
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