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Non cuivis contingit adire Corinthum, we may not be all gentlemen, all
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Beside, as [3886] Plutarch holds, 'tis not in our power not to lament, Indolentia non cuivis contingit, it takes away mercy and pity, not to be sad; 'tis a natural passion to weep for our friends, an irresistible passion to lament and grieve.
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“And aha, Mr. Butler,” rejoined Bartoline, upon whom, as may be well supposed, the jest was lost, and all but the sound of the words, “ye said a gliff syne it was quivis, and now I heard ye say cuivis with my ain ears, as plain as ever I heard a word at the fore-bar.”
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The best news of the day is that there will be an ample supply of currants for Whitsuntide school-treats, and _Smith minor's_ translation of "_Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum_" as "Not everyone is lucky enough to find a currant in his war-bun" will no longer be applicable.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, March 19, 1919 Various
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He ended by quoting -- Non cuivis homini contingit, etc.; some of the Treasury prompted him -- Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue
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Her favours were so costly that the famous proverb is said to owe its origin to her, "Non cuivis homini contingit adire Corinthum."
Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch
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But, as an old Roman proverb pertinently said: _Non cuivis homini contingit adire
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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A girl that has been keeping my chum and me exercised nam credo cuivis excantare cor potes.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Sum profecto et hic et illic. hoc cuivis mirari licet, neque tibi istuc mirum [17] magis videtur quam mihi.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Si hercle ego te non elinguandam dedero usque ab radicibus, 250 impero auctorque ego sum, ut tu me cuivis castrandum loces.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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