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I have never seen it mentioned that the title of cives was ever given to the subjects of any prince, not even to the Macedonians formerly, or to the English at present, although they are nearer liberty than any other people.
The Social Contract Jean Jacques Rousseau 1947
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When the tyrant Kreon exiled Medea from Corinth, he said, “libera cives metu”
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Clericorum suffragia omnes quae cives celici annuant votis supplicum et vitae poscant praemium.
November 1: The Feast of All Saints bls 2008
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Laudibus cives celebrant superni te, deus simplex pariterque trine, supplices ac nos veniam precamur:
Archive 2008-06-01 bls 2008
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Clericorum suffragia omnes quae cives celici annuant votis supplicum et vitae poscant praemium.
Archive 2008-11-01 bls 2008
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Quod cives quibus benefecisset perituri, moenia ruitura, etsi regio sumptu aedificata, non libri.
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Inter cives Fessanos latrunculorum ludus est usitatissimus, lib.
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Accipite cives Veneti quod est optimum in rebus humanis, res humans contemnere.
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Cum moritur dives concurrunt undique cives: Pauperis ad funus vix est ex millibus unus.
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Paederatus in 300 Lacedaemoniorum numerum non electus risit, gratulari se dicens civitatem habere 300 cives se meliores.
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