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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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Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
[Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.]

Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.
[Lat., Mille animos excipe mille modis.]

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Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]

Though the power be wanting, yet the wish is praiseworthy.
[Lat., Ut desint vires tamen est laudanda voluntas.]

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We do not bear sweets; we are recruited by a bitter potion.
[Lat., Dulcia non ferimus; succo renovamus amaro.]

We do not bear sweets; we are recruited by a bitter potion.
[Lat., Dulcia non ferimus; succo renovamus amaro.]

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It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters read more

It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave
fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.

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