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Perquam ridiculum est homines ex animi sententia vivere, et quae Diis ingrata sunt exequi, et tamen a solis Diis vella solvos fieri, quum propriae salutis curam abjecerint.
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Diis ita visum, dii melius norunt quid sit in commodum meum.
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“Very good; we must not commit ourselves; so we will drink the celebrated toast, Diis ignotis!”
The Magic Skin 2007
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The Decii did so sacrifice, Diis manibus; Curtius did leap into the gulf.
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“Sufficiunt Diis infernis,” — they satisfied for the whole people; adding the reason whence so it might be: — “Pluris denim Decii quam qui servantur ab illis.”
A Brief Declaration and Vindication of The Doctrine of the Trinity 1616-1683 1965
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It is thought they obtained it from the Roman Dies, a Diis, the names of the Roman days having been taken from the planets, which were called Dii, or gods.
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The dedication _Diis angelis_ recently found at {267} Viminacium
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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Cf. 512: "Diis magnis et tutatoribus suis," and _CIL_, XII, 1277, where Bel is called _mentis magister_.
The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism Franz Cumont
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He was advocating, against the interests of his own party (which in the Assembly was all - powerful), that the President of the Republic should be chosen by the nation, and not by the Assembly; and he ended by saying that if the course he advocated was disastrous to himself, 'Victrix causa Diis placuit, sed victa Catoni.'
Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars 39-65 Lucan
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The Chorus therefore says, _Ubi contingit eundem et Justitiæ et Diis esse addictum, exitiale semper malum esse_; or, as the learned Hemsterheuyse has more fully and more elegantly expressed, it, _Ubi_, id est, _in quo_, vel
The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. 480? BC-406 BC Euripides
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