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  • Postea prudentiores didicere fortunam suam quemque fingere.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • [1896] Qui vino indulget, quemque aloa decoquit, ille

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Deus optimum quemque aut mala valetudine aut luctu afficit.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • At length I understood his dominant motive: trahit sua quemque voluptas, his Greek love of form, his intolerant cult of physical beauty, could take no heed of the happiness or well-being of the beloved.

    Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions 2007

  • “Get along with you; you must be dying to go, trahit sua quemque voluptas!” said Bianchon.

    Father Goriot 2003

  • * Sed proprio quemque Arbitrio parere vocanti,: [5665] 1

    Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

  • Ut nos amicos paternos et amanter et modeste complectabatur! ut nutrices, ut paedagogos, ut praeceptores, pro suo quemque officio diligebat! quam studiose, quam intellegenter lectitabat! ut parce custoditeque ludebat!

    A Handbook for Latin Clubs Susan Paxson

  • Ad hoc maledictis increpat omnes bonos, suorum unum quemque nominans laudare; admonebat alium egestatis, alium cupiditatis suae, complures periculi aut ignominiae, [125] multos victoriae Sullanae, quibus ea praedae fuerat.

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

  • [17] _Optimum quemque_, 'to every one in proportion as he is better than others.'

    C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust

  • The next clause implies, that he took care to receive into the service none but the best men (_optimum quemque_), who, he was confident, would prove faithful

    The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus Caius Cornelius Tacitus

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