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“_Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator_” — “A traveller who meets robbers with his purse empty may hope to escape scot free.”
Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. Thomas Forester
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Tu igitur qui nunc contum gladiumque sollicitus pertimescis, si uitae huius callem uacuus uiator intrasses, coram latrone cantares.
The Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius 1908
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It would perhaps seem flippant, and possibly lacking in the courtesy due one's prospective lord paramount, to say with the poet, _Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator_.
An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation Thorstein Veblen 1893
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I might have replied in the words of Juvenal, ‘Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator’, but I should have mortified him.
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Milo, non semper viator a latrone, nonnunquam etiam latro a viatore occiditur.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II. 1634-1716 1823
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The Greek robber, it seems, knows as well as Cicero that 'non semper viator a latrone, nonnunquam etiam latro
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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I might have replied in the words of Juvenal, 'Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator', but I should have mortified him.
Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 20: Milan Giacomo Casanova 1761
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I might have replied in the words of Juvenal, 'Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator', but I should have mortified him.
The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761
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Observe, The prophet was poor; he neither lent nor borrowed; he had nothing to lose, neither substance. nor treasure, and therefore the enemy will treat him well, Cantabit vacuus coram latrone viator -- The traveller that has no property about him will congratulate himself when accosted by a robber.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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