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[723] Fabius esteems no better of most of them, either in speech, action, gesture, than as men beside themselves, insanos declamatores; so doth Gregory, Non mihi sapit qui sermone, sed qui factis sapit.
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But whom shall I except in the second place? such as are silent, vir sapit qui pauca loquitur;
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When as indeed, in all wise men's judgments, quibus cor sapit, they are
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Indeed, vir sapit qui pauca loquitur, but then again I have never been a man of few words with the exception of last night.
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Ulricus Huttenus [772] nemo, nam, nemo omnibus horis sapit, Nemo nascitur sine vitiis, Crimine
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If it cannot be helped, or amended, [3827] make the best of it; [3828] necessitati qui se accommodat, sapit, he is wise that suits himself to the time.
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Alexander, if [3520] Machiavel do not deceive us in his life: when a friend of his reprehended him for dancing beside his dignity, (belike at some cushion dance) he told him again, qui sapit interdiu, vix unquam noctii desipit, he that is wise in the day may dote a little in the night.
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Nequicquam sapit qui sibi non sapit, who will say that a sick man is wise, that eats and drinks to overthrow the temperature of his body?
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He said, he was sorry he had uttered anything which might give offence, for that he had never intended it; but Nemo omnibus horis sapit. 49 50
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I will put it to them: but vir sapit qui pauca loquitur; a soul feminine saluteth us.
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