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And it seemeth Fortune doth sometimes narrowly watch the last day of our life, thereby to shew her power, and in one moment to overthrow what for many yeares together she had been erecting, and makes us cry after Laberius, Nimirum hac die unâ plus vixi, mihi quam vivendum fuit.
That We Should Not Judge of Our Happiness Until after Our Death. 1909
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And elsewhere, saith the same author, "The Greeks do most fully express repentance by the word meta'noia, because he that repents recovers his mind from his former folly, and is troubled at it:" et confirmat animam suam ad rectius vivendum, "and confirms his mind for a better course."
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 07. 1630-1694 1820
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"Nec ad melius vivendum, nec ad commodius disserendum."
The Essays of Montaigne — Complete Michel de Montaigne 1562
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"Nec ad melius vivendum, nec ad commodius disserendum."
The Essays of Montaigne — Volume 16 Michel de Montaigne 1562
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And it seemeth Fortune doth sometimes narrowly watch the last day of our life, thereby to shew her power, and in one moment to overthrow what for many yeares together she had been erecting, and makes us cry after Laberius, Nimirum hoc die una plus vixi, mihi quam vivendum fuit.
Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian Various 1562
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+ Sic cevte vivendum eft, tanquam in confpectu vivamus: fie cogitandum, tanquam aliquis in pectus intimum infpicere poffit. —
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And it should seem also that Fortune sometimes lies in wait to surprize the last hour of our lives, to show the power she has in a moment to overthrow what she was so many years in building, making us cry out with Laborius, "_Nimirum hac die una plus vixi mihi quam vivendum fuit.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I Various 1885
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| am id bonum eflfe, qui dlcat, appetionem rerum ad vivendum accommodatarum, a na - tura profeftam?
M. Tvllii Ciceronis Opera qvae svpersvnt omnia secvndvm optimae novissimasqve editiones ... 1786
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Hic, cum (cripiilTem ei pro juie tam familiaris uius atque amicitix, qualis iois edlta eiTet Jovis Ammonis oraculo, fuftinuit icfcribcrc mihi, ie quidem gratulaii, quod iii numeium deo - lum leceptus eflcm: caeteium mifercii eoium, qui - bus vivendum eilet fub eo, qui modum hominis excedeiet.
Conciones et orationes ex historicis Latinis excerptae : argumenta singulis praefixa sunt, quae causam cujusque & summam ex rei gestae occasione explicant : opus recognitum recensitumque in usum scholarum Hollandiae & Westfrisiae. Veratius, Jobus, d. 1571 1672
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