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course of life each particular situation
But in the course of life, each particular situation has its different exigencies, while the prospective future has its exigencies also.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 2 by George Grote

cessit ordinibus laetatur eques plauditque senator
[46] omnis in hoc uno variis discordia cessit ordinibus; laetatur eques plauditque senator votaque patricio certant plebeia favori.
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

cessit Ordinibus laetatur eques plauditque senator
Istri Omnis in hoc uno variis discordia cessit Ordinibus; laetatur eques, plauditque senator, Votaque patricio certant plebeia favori. ”
— from Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by William Makepeace Thackeray

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