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  • They must continue in a course of physic, yet not so that they tire and oppress nature, danda quies naturae, they must now and then remit, and let nature have some rest.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Me dulcis saturet quies. let me live quiet and at ease.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [3377] Somne quies rerum, placidissime somne deorum, Pax animi, quem cura fugit, qui corpora duris

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Florent.hist. virtus quietem parat, quies otium, otium porro luxum generat, luxus interitum, a quo iterum ad saluberrimas,

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Carved above the entrance is the motto: "Hic secura quies, hic pax, hic gaudia vera."

    Tutti Beauty 2006

  • On Google, 18 years later, I found it in .0863 seconds: tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit, et dono diuum gratissima serpit.

    she's like the village bicycle 2005

  • On Google, 18 years later, I found it in .0863 seconds: tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit, et dono diuum gratissima serpit.

    incense and peppermints 2005

  • As Virgil says, "tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit, et dono diuum gratissima serpit," and I too, shall repair body and mind with sound sleep.

    i search the horizon... 2005

  • As Virgil says, "tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris incipit, et dono diuum gratissima serpit," and I too, shall repair body and mind with sound sleep.

    the venitius command 2005

  • For this very reason it is full of possible danger, and difficilis in otio quies is a true saying, — it is difficult to keep quiet if you have nothing to do.

    The Wisdom of Life 2004

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