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Maxioms by Ovid (publius Ovidius Naso)

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The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the
facts.
[Lat., Judicis officium est read more

The judge's duty is to inquire about the time, as well as the
facts.
[Lat., Judicis officium est ut res ita tempora rerum
Quaerere.]

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It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a
fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no read more

It is a pleasure appropriate to man, for him to save a
fellow-man, and gratitude is acquired in no better way.
[Lat., Conveniens homini est hominem servare voluptas.
Et melius nulla quaeritur arte favor.]

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I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

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Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may read more

Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold,
So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most.

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Take time: much may be gained by patience.

Take time: much may be gained by patience.

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