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  • But the principal of these is direction, for claudus in via antevertit cursorem extra viam; and Solomon excellently setteth it down, “If the iron be not sharp, it requireth more strength, but wisdom is that which prevaileth,” signifying that the invention or election of the mean is more effectual than any enforcement or accumulation of endeavours.

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • Helvētiī omnibus Gallīs virtūte praestābant, _the Helvetians surpassed all the Gauls in valor_; pede claudus, _lame in his foot_.

    New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett

  • Greek chullous, which is not a general term for a maimed person, but a peculiar species, as he that is lame in one foot is called ` claudus, 'so he that is crippled in one hand is called, chullos.

    Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842

  • But the principal of these is direction, for claudus in via antevertit cursorem extra viam; and Solomon excellently setteth it down, "If the iron be not sharp, it requireth more strength, but wisdom is that which prevaileth," signifying that the invention or election of the mean is more effectual than any enforcement or accumulation of endeavours.

    The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593

  • Itt, lufcusy claudus, mutilus: attamen ex ApoU - nis otacQlo profedus belU dux adverfus Me -

    Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera Horace, Ludovicus Desprez, André Dacier 1793

  • Didn’t I tell you to rub these door knobs till they shone? nihil est: tamquam si claudus sim, cum fustist ambulandum. quia triduom hoc unum modo foro operam adsiduam dedo, dum reperiam qui quaeritet argentum in faenus, hic vos dormitis interea domi, atque erus in hara, haud aedibus habitat, 430 em ergo hoc tibi.

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

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