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_Odi profanum vulgus, et arceo_, is the only law; while we are a chemical solution, our architecture is only a mechanical one.
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That he carried the odi profanum vulgus, et arceo too far cannot for a moment be doubted.
Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888
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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo; hence, ye profane: you would not understand the mighty lesson of the rag tank.
The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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But then for me to take this matter up would lead me too much into the hackneyed politics of the House of Commons, which _odi et arceo_.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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_odi profanum, valgus et arceo; favete linguis: carmina non prius audila Musarum sacerdos virginibus puerisque canto. regum timendorum in proprios greges, reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis_.
The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Thomas Moore 1815
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