Non agitur de vectigalibus, non de sociorum 50 injuriis; libertas et anima nostra in dubio est —It is not a question of our revenues, nor of the wrongs of our allies; our liberty and very lives are in peril.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.
[275] Non agitur de vectigalibus neque de sociorum injuriis: libertas et anima nostra in dubio est.
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust
It is a forked stick like the pot-claw, but in place of the notch near the lower end a nail is driven diagonally into the stick and the kettle hung on the nail ( Figs. 67 and 68 ).
— from The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft by Daniel Carter Beard
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