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... wealth despise , And fit thee to ascend the skies , Nor be a poor man's courtesies Rejected or disdained . " - ( Conington . ) Audendo magnus tegitur timor . " LUCAN . Pharsalia , IV . , 702 . " A show of daring oft conceals great fear ...
... wealth despise , And fit thee to ascend the skies , Nor be a poor man's courtesies Rejected or disdained . " - ( Conington . ) Audendo magnus tegitur timor . " LUCAN . Pharsalia , IV . , 702 . " A show of daring oft conceals great fear ...
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... wealth can satisfy the avaricious mind . " " Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crevit . " " The love of money grows with growing wealth . " JUVENAL . Satires , XIV . , 139 . SUETONIUS , V. , 21 . " Ave , Imperator , morituri te ...
... wealth can satisfy the avaricious mind . " " Crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crevit . " " The love of money grows with growing wealth . " JUVENAL . Satires , XIV . , 139 . SUETONIUS , V. , 21 . " Ave , Imperator , morituri te ...
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... wealth , may I be blessed with virtue . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " Bono vinci satius est , quam malo more injuriam vincere . ” SALLUST . Jugurtha , XLII . " It is better to use fair means and fail , than foul and conquer . " " Bonum ...
... wealth , may I be blessed with virtue . " - ( Bonnell Thornton . ) " Bono vinci satius est , quam malo more injuriam vincere . ” SALLUST . Jugurtha , XLII . " It is better to use fair means and fail , than foul and conquer . " " Bonum ...
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... wealth lies through the contempt of wealth . " " Cadit ira metu . " 66 " Fear wipes out wrath . " OVID . Amores , II . , 13 , 4 . Caedimus , inque vicem praebemus crura sagittis : Vivitur hoc pacto . " " PERSIUS . Satires , IV . , 42 ...
... wealth lies through the contempt of wealth . " " Cadit ira metu . " 66 " Fear wipes out wrath . " OVID . Amores , II . , 13 , 4 . Caedimus , inque vicem praebemus crura sagittis : Vivitur hoc pacto . " " PERSIUS . Satires , IV . , 42 ...
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... wealth of others , while prodigal of his own ; a man of fiery passions ; of some eloquence , but little judgment ; an insatiable mind , for ever striving after the immeasurable , the inconceivable , the inac- cessible ...
... wealth of others , while prodigal of his own ; a man of fiery passions ; of some eloquence , but little judgment ; an insatiable mind , for ever striving after the immeasurable , the inconceivable , the inac- cessible ...
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