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Turres sunt fastigiatæ, ultra celsitudinem omnnem, quæ fieri manu possit; itaque mensuram umbrarum egressæ, nullas habent umbras, regum pecuniæ otiosa ac stulta ostentatio.
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They are never ostentatio us and all the mormons i know from work dress profession ally and never sloppily and always had well groomed appearance s except one guy.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012
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Pliny gives us, in few words, (276) a just idea of these pyramids, when he calls them a foolish and useless ostentation of the wealth of the Egyptian kings; _Regum pecuniæ otiosa ac stulta ostentatio.
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701
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Turres sunt fastigiatæ, ultra celsitudinem omnnem, quæ fieri manu possit; itaque mensuram umbrarum egressæ, nullas habent umbras, regum pecuniæ otiosa ac stulta ostentatio.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 06 Madiera, the Canaries, Ancient Asia, Africa, etc. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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