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me exclaimed Venus Exactly
'Without coming to me!' exclaimed Venus. 'Exactly so, sir!' returned Wegg, blandly and buoyantly.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Magna est veritas et
Magna est veritas et prævalebit —Truth is 10 mighty, and will in the end prevail.
— 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.

means except victory every
For they must either conquer, or die, or fall alive into 222 the hands of their enemies; and the prize of victory would not be mere horses and military cloaks, but the most enviable position in the world if they became masters of the wealth of Rome: or if they fell in battle their reward would be to end their life fighting to their last breath for the noblest object, in the heat of the struggle, and with no sense of pain; while if they were beaten, or from desire of life were base enough to fly, or tried to prolong that life by any means except victory, every sort of misery and misfortune would be their lot: for it was impossible that any one of them could be so irrational or senseless, when he remembered the length of the journey he had performed from his native land, and the number of enemies that lay between him and it, and the size of the rivers he had crossed, as to cherish the hope of being able to reach his home by flight.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

magna est veritas et
Phr. di il vero a affronterai il diavolo[It][obs3]; Dichtung und Wahrheit[Ger]; esto quod esse videris[Lat]; magna est veritas et praevalet[Lat]; "that golden key that opes the palace of eternity"
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

mīrātus eram veritus eram
questus eram mīrātus eram veritus eram partītus eram F. P. questus erō mīrātus erō veritus erō partītus erō SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Magna est veritas el
Truth shall prevail—don’t you know Magna est veritas el . .
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

madrugada el velorio está
A eso de [1] la una de la madrugada, el velorio está en su punto.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

mīrātus esse veritus esse
questus esse mīrātus esse veritus esse partītus esse Fut.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

mīrātūrus esse veritūrus esse
questūrus esse mīrātūrus esse veritūrus esse partītūrus esse GERUND AND GERUNDIVE.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

mirror every varying emotion
He had loved to play with her in the former days, to work upon her passions and watch the changes, to note her features mirror every varying emotion from tenderness to flippancy, from anger to delight, and, at his bidding, to see the pale cheeks glow with love's fire, the eyes grow heavy, the dainty lips invite kisses.
— from The Spoilers by Rex Beach

Meldritch Earl Veltus Earl
Rodol not yet able to raise such a power, fled into Transilvania to Busca, his ancient Friend; who considering well of the matter, and how good it would be for his own Security, to have Wallachia subject to the Emperor, or at least such an Employment for the remainders of the old Regiments of Sigismundus, (of whose Greatness and true Affection he was very suspicious) sent them with Rodol to recover Wallachia, conducted by the Valiant Captains, the Earl Meldritch, Earl Veltus, Earl Nederspolt, Earl Zarvana, the Lord Becklefield the Lord Budendorfe, with their Regiments, and divers others of great rank and quality, the greatest Friends and Alliances the Prince had; who with Thirty thousand, marched along by the River Altus, to the Streights of Rebrink, where they entred Wallachia, encamping at Raza; Jeremy lying at Argish, drew his Army into his old Camp, in the Plains of Peteske, and with his best diligence fortified it, intending to defend himself, till more power came to him from the Crim-Tartar.
— from The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith into Europe, Asia, Africa, and America From Ann. Dom. 1593 to 1629 by John Smith

mundo ejectus videtur esse
“At nondum diabolus e mundo ejectus videtur esse, cum in eo adhuc grassetur.
— from The Gospel of St. John by Joseph MacRory

Magna est Veritas et
The sympathy long entertained toward France would flood the land with all her doctrines; and this island, where the banner of faith should be unfurled, may become a fastness of the infidel.’ ‘ Magna est Veritas et prevalebit? exclaimed the Cardinal sententiously.
— from Gerald Fitzgerald, the Chevalier: A Novel by Charles James Lever

Magna est veritas et
It shall be the duty of the Grand Wizard, who is the Supreme Officer of the Empire to communicate with and receive reports from the Magna est veritas, et prevalebit.
— from Ku Klux Klan: Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment by John C. Lester

maius est visum est
29 quod maius est . — visum est mihi conscribere : = placuit mihi , 'I have determined to write'.
— from Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes by Marcus Tullius Cicero


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