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Illud certe magnum ob quod gloriari possunt formosi, quod robustis necessarium sit laborare, fortem periculis se objicere, sapientem, &c.
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Nune igitur provideat Pharaovirum prudentem, et sapientem, et constituant illum super terram Aegypti.
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996
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"_O virum simplicem_," (says he, speaking of himself) "_qui nos nihil celat; sapientem, qui serviendum necessitati putet_."
Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Īdem in apposition with the subject or object often has the force of _also_, _likewise_; as, -- quod idem mihi contigit, _which likewise happened to me_ (lit. _which, the same thing_); bonus vir, quem eundem sapientem appellāmus, _a good man, whom we call also wise_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Calumnia conturbat sapientem et perdet robur cordis illius.
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All the inventions which he enumerates have, he declares, been actually made in ancient times, with the exception of a flying-machine (instrumentum volandi quod non vidi nec hominem qui vidisset cognovi, sed sapientem qui hoc artificium excogitavit explere cognosco).
The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth 1894
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[1000] Sed in ea difficultate Metellum non minus quam in rebus hostilibus magnum et sapientem virum fuisse conperior: tanta temperantia inter ambitionem saevitiamque moderatum ....
A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate 1885
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Besides, you know the proverb, _mitte sapientem et nihil dicas.
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Tully tells us, Ennius was wont to say, Ne quicquam sapere sapientem, qui sibi ipsi prodesse non quiret.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 06. 1630-1694 1820
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* Ne quicquam sapere sapientem, qui sibi ipsi prodesse non quiret.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 06. 1630-1694 1820
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