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remissior esse debet et liberior
Tristitia autem et in omni re severitas, habet illa quidem gravitatem: sed amicitia remissior esse debet, et liberior, et dulcior, et ad omnem comitatem facilitatemque proclivior." 353 Hesiod, "Theogony," 64. 354 Euripides, "Ion," 732. 355 Our author assigns this saying to Prodicus, "De Sanitate Præcepta," § viii.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

reste en déroute et lançaient
The finest piece of French prose in existence is undoubtedly the following sentence, taken from Bossuet's funeral oration on the Great Condé: " Restait cette redoutable infanterie de l'armée d'Espagne, dont les gros bataillons serrés, semblables à autant de tours, mais à des tours qui sauraient réparer leurs brèches, demeuraient inébranlables au milieu de tout le reste en déroute, et lançaient des feux de toutes parts.
— from John Bull, Junior; or, French as She is Traduced by Max O'Rell

Rostrum Empis durum et longum
Rostrum Empis durum et longum sub pectore curvat.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 4 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

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