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I am an Obama supporter but I am afraid the damage has been too servare.
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[700] Ipsa si cupiat solus servare, prorsus, non potest hanc familiam, as Demea said in the comedy, Safety herself cannot save it.
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Ideo nubere nollent ob mulierum intemperantiam, nullam servare viro fidem putabant.
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Aequam. memento rebus in arduis servare mentem, lib.
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My only ambition is that of putting into practice the motto of my episcopal service: 'fidem custodire, concordiam servare'.
Cardinal Bertone, New Secretary of State Argent 2006
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Good-night: aquam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem: Be neither transported nor depressed by the accidents of life.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Epictetus would have a philosopher in every particular action to say to himself, Et hoc volo, et etiam institutum servare; so a politic man in everything should say to himself, Et hoc volo, ac etiam aliquid addiscere.
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Ecce, nuncinvenit servus tuus gratiam in oculis tuis, et magnificasti misericordiam tuam, quam fecisti mecum, ut vivificares animam meam: et ego non potero servare me in monte, ne forte haereat mihi malum, et moriar:
Commentary on Genesis - Volume 1 1509-1564 1996
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On the other hand we find the V sound, as _vedova_ (from _vidua_), -- notice the two V sounds, -- or the U sometimes changed to B, as _serbare_ from _servare_; _bibita_ and
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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Horace -- _Aequam memento rebus in arduis servare mentem_.
The Girl on the Boat 1928
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