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[53] Paciscendi quidem ille piraticus mos; et imponentium periculis pretia, procul abominanda negotiatio, etiam a mediocriter improbis aberit: cum præsertim bonos homines bonasque causas tuenti non sit metuendus ingratus, qui si futurus, malo tamen ille peccet.
An Essay on Professional Ethics Second Edition George Sharswood
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Not a soul can be worth anything, unless he knows how to be good and bad both. improbis cum improbus sit, harpaget, furibus furetur quod queat, vorsipellem frugi convenit esse hominem, pectus quoi sapit: bonus sit bonis, malus sit malis; 659-660 utcumque res sit, ita animum habeat.
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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Nam illud quoque, quod improbis nunc tristia nunc optata proueniunt, ex eisdem ducitur causis; ac de tristibus quidem nemo miratur, quod eos male meritos omnes existimant.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Tu eiusdem uiri ore hanc sapientibus capessendae rei publicae necessariam causam esse monuisti, ne improbis flagitiosisque ciuibus urbium relicta gubernacula pestem bonis ac perniciem ferrent.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Atqui nec opes inexpletam restinguere auaritiam queunt nec potestas sui compotem fecerit quem uitiosae libidines insolubilibus adstrictum retinent catenis, et collata improbis dignitas non modo non efficit dignos, sed prodit potius et ostentat indignos.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Nam ut probis atque improbis nullum foedus est, ita ipsi inter se improbi nequeunt conuenire.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Sicut igitur probis probitas ipsa fit praemium, ita improbis nequitia ipsa supplicium est.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Quorum quidem supplicia tum ceteros ab sceleribus deterrent, tum ipsos quibus inuehuntur emendant; laeta uero magnum bonis argumentum loquuntur, quid de huiusmodi felicitate debeant iudicare quam famulari saepe improbis cernant.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Nihil est enim quod mali causa ne ab ipsis quidem improbis fiat; quos, ut uberrime demonstratum est, bonum quaerentes prauus error auertit, nedum ordo de summi boni cardine proficiscens a suo quoquam deflectat exordio.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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Anno Christi 1030. ab improbis parricidis nefariè interfectus, in pago
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 Richard Hakluyt 1584
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