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Sic isti solent superbi subdomari. asta igitur, ut consuetus es puer olim scin ut dicam? em sic. abi, laudo, nec te equo magis est equos ullus sapiens.

Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919

"Nunc autem, quia circumcisio spiritalis esse apud fideles servos Dei coepit, spiritali gladio superbi et contumaces necantur, dum de Ecclesia ejiciuntur" (Ep. lxxii, ad Pompon., n. 4) religion being now spiritual, its sanctions take on the same character, and excommunication replaces the death of the body.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

S. Gregory putteth four causes of the profit of his coming: Studebant omnes superbi de eadem stirpe progeniti, prospera vitæ præsentis appetere, adversa devitare, opprobria fugere, gloriam sequi: They of the world, in their pride descended of the same lineage, studied to desire the prosperity of this present life, to eschew the adversities, to flee the reproofs and shames and to ensue the glory of the world.

The Golden Legend, vol. 1 1230-1298 1900

We ought all to travel, he says, — “vita nostra peregrinatio est;” and those who stay at home like snails (_cochlearum instar_) will remain “inhumani, insolentes, superbi,” etc.

Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities 1861

"E'bastevolmente agli amatori dell 'Architettura, e dell' Antichita, l'opera del Signor Adams, che a donato molto a que 'superbi vestigi coll'abituale eleganza del suo toccalapis e del bulino.

History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 Edward Gibbon 1765

E’bastevolmente agli amatori dell’ Architettura, e dell’ Antichita, l’opera del Signor Adams, che a donato molto a que’ superbi vestigi coll’abituale eleganza del suo toccalapis e del bulino.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206