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(fem. pl. dat.) the good fortune, TO WHICH he owed his crownquibus
a child of fortune; a favorite son (Horace)fortunæ filius
a claw in the wound (i.e., a knife in the wound) (Cicero)unguis in ulcere
a community is as those who rule it (Cicero)quales sunt summi civitatis viri talis est civitas
a competent person in my opinion, as he was accustomed often to hear him, and published his sentiments after the subject of them ceased to exist; there is no reason therefore to suppose that his partiality has misled him from the truth (Cicero)idoneus quidem mea sententia, præsertim quum et ipse eum audiverit, et scribat de mortuo; ex quo nulla suspicio est amicitiæ causa eum esse mentitum
a dishonorable flight from death is worse than any death (Cicero)turpis autem fuga mortis omni est morte pejor
a drop of good fortune rather than a cask of wisdomgutta fortunæ præ dolio sapientiæ
a friend is, as it were, a second self (Cicero)amicus est tanquam alter idem
a good orator is pointed and impassioned (Cicero)acer et vehemens bonus orator
a great fortune is a great slavery (Seneca)magna servitus est magna fortuna
a great fortune is a great slavery to its owner (Publilius Syrus)fortuna magna magna domino est servitus
a great mind becomes a great fortune (Seneca)magnam fortunam magnus animus decet
a greater inheritance comes to each of us from our rights and laws than from our parents (Cicero)major hæreditas venit unicuique nostrum a jure et legibus, quam a parentibus
a judge is a speaking law, law a silent judge (Cicero)magistratum legem esse loquentem, legem autem mutum magistratum
a letter does not blush (Cicero)litteræ non erubescunt
 

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