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28 Cards in this Set
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Tralassology
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study of the sea
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Ars longa vita brevis
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art is long life is short
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Encomium
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comforting words
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Cogito ergo sum
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i think, therefore, I am
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autodidact
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self-taught
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non scholae sed vitae discimus
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we learn not for school but for life
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post prindal
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after lunch
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dum spiro, spero
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while I breathe I hope
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Preamble
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to walk before
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pater patriae
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father of our country
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alula
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wing (wing of a bird OR alcove of a house)
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Sonority
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sound
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Marmorated
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marble-like
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Heu, vatum ignarae mentes!
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Hey, the minds of prophets are ignorant!
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retrogress
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walk back
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tune cede mahis
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you do not yeild to evils
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sapid
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tasty
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otium et reges prius et heatas perdidit urbes
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liesure has destroyed first both kings and blessed cities.
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Minatory
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menacing
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in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua
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it is necessary to write in the wind and past water
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truculent
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savage, cruel
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sublimi feriam sidena vertice
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I shall strike the stars with my lofty head
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amanuensis
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by hand
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gens humana ruit per vetitum nefas
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the human race rushes through unspeakable sins
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gluten
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give
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aequam memento rebus in ardus servane mementem
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remember to save an equal mind in hard tasks
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Circumflex
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to bend around
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aspera et nigris aequora ventis emirabitur
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he will marvel at the seas rough with black winds
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