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  • Fallax medicus qui potens mederi simplicibus, composita dolose aut frustra quaerit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Hic in lucem prodire timet, tenebrasque quaerit, contra, ille caliginosa fugit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Stultus, qui quaerit quod nequit invenire, stultus qui quaerit quod nocet inventum, stultus qui cum plures habet calles, deteriorem deligit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • He desires to distinguish himself among his fellow-creatures; and, alicui negotio intentus, prreclari facinoris, aut artis bonae, faman quaerit.

    Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005

  • Risus undique quaerit; — he resolved to frequent the college, notwithstanding this accident, which happened at his inauguration; being thereto, moreover, induced by his desire of knowing the private history of the stage, with which he supposed some of the members perfectly well acquainted.

    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

  • Qui celat delictum, quaerit amicitiam; sed qui altero sermone repetit, separat faederatos.

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • [31] "Qui causam quae sit voluntatis divinae, aliquid majus eo quaerit."

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • * Qui causam quae sit voluntatis divinae, aliquid majus eo quaerit.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • Helv. _ 20, 1 (written in exile), 'Animus omnis occupationis expers operibus suis vacat et modo se levioribus studiis oblectat, modo ad considerandam suam universique naturam veri avidus insurgit: terras primum situmque earum quaerit.'

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • Verum enimvero [20] is demum mihi vivere atque frui anima videtur, qui aliquo negotio intentus [21] praeclari facinoris aut artis bonae famam quaerit.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

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