Quote #17

esterni sumus, & vestra omnia implevimus, Vrbes, Insulas, Castella, Municipia, Conciliabula, Castra ipsa, Tribus, Decurias, palatium, Senatum, Forum, sola vobis relinquimus Templa.

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  1. Quippe res dei ratio quia deus omnium conditor nihil non ratione providit disposuit ordinavit, nihil [enim] non ratione tractari intellegiq…
  2. This is said with more spirit than truth.
  3. Cum ergo spiritus Dei descendit, indiuidua patientia comitatur eum.
  4. Every word almost was a sentence; every sentence a victory.
  5. Itaque et ego vanitatem vanitate depellam.
  6. Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
  7. Infirma commendatio est quae de alterius destructione fulcitur.
  8. He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

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