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- phrase There are as many opinions as there are people who hold them.
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From Latin, echoing line 454 of Terence’s Phormio: quot ("how many") + hominēs (“men”, “people”; nominative plural form of homō: “man”, “person”) + tot ("so many") + sententiae (“opinions”, “thoughts”; nominative plural form of sententia: “opinion”, “thought”).
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