sobrius

Raro invenitur quisquam eorum modestus et gravis, raro continens, et ut credo sobrius unquam.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

In pocula et aleam se praecipitavit, et iis fere tempus traduxit, ut aegram crapula mentem levaret, et conditionis praesentis cogitationes quibus agitabatur sobrius vitaret.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Nemo saltat sobrius, Tully writes, he is not a sober man that danceth; for some such reason (belike) Domitian forbade the Roman senators to dance, and for that fact removed many of them from the senate.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

But as it was said of Caesar, "Solus accesit sobrius, ad perdendam rempublicam," -- "He alone went soberly about the destruction of the commonwealth;" so we now have great numbers who oppose the Person and glory of Christ, under a pretence of sobriety of reason, as they vainly plead.

Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ 1616-1683 1965

* [713] Solus accesit sobrius, ad perdendam rempublicam

Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ 1616-1683 1965

The fourth pedestal, that recently discovered near S. Martino ai Monti, was raised at the crossing of two important streets, the _clivus suburanus_ (Via di S. Lucia in S.lci), and the _vicus sobrius_ (Via dei Quattro Cantoni), from which the statue was nicknamed _Mercurius S.brius_, "Mercury the teetotaller."

Pagan and Christian Rome Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani 1888

Nemo saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit, and had always looked upon dancing as a species of insanity.

Married August Strindberg 1880

Sylla, to Catiline -- had come in a state of temperance (_sobrius_) to the destruction of the state; not meaning to indicate mere superiority to wine, but to _all_ modes of voluptuous enjoyment.

The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822

2003-11-27 - In vino veritas, and Nemo saltat sobrius.

justnick Diary Entry justnick 2009

At present my father wishes Amphitryon to be fooled: fooled he shall be finely, I promise you, here and now, spectators, and under your inspection. capiam coronam mi ni caput, adsimulabo me esse ebrium; atque illuc sursum escendero: inde optume aspellam virum 1000 de supero, cum huc accesserit; faciam ut sit madidus sobrius. deinde illi actutum sufferet suos servos poenas Sosia: eum fecisse ille hodie arguet quae ego fecero hic. quid mea? meo me aequomst morigerum patri, eius studio servire addecet.

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