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- noun Alternative form of
Arverni .
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Examples
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To Mr. Sargent and his editors: Facilis descensus Averni.
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To Mr. Sargent and his editors: Facilis descensus Averni.
Exclusive: Dem Rep To Introduce House Resolution Condemning Rush Limbaugh On Monday 2009
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Facilis descensus Averni: Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hic labor, hoc opus est.
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Averni; but in all kinds of climbing, as Catalani said of singing, it is far more easy to get up than to come down.
The Purloined Letter 2006
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‘Facilis descensus Averni!’ said the Duke, shaking his head.
The Duke's Children 2004
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Unhappily, the grosser representations of this doctrine are now coming into repute in quarters where, formerly, they would not have been endured, and thus afford another warning example of the "_facilis descensus Averni_."
On Calvinism William Hull
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Averni_; but in all kinds of climbing, as Catalani said of singing, it is far more easy to get up than to come down.
The Short-story William Patterson Atkinson
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"_Facilis descensus Averni_" -- you know the old tag.
Acton's Feud A Public School Story Frederick Swainson
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"_Facilis est descensus Averni_," I murmured to myself, and led the way, and the gate was shut behind us.
Orrain A Romance S. Levett-Yeats
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It is all very well to talk about the _facilis descensus Averni_; but in all kinds of climbing, as Catalani said of singing, it is far more easy to get up than to come down.
Selections from Poe J. Montgomery Gambrill
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