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Facilis descensus Averni: Sed revocare gradum, superasque evadere ad auras, Hic labor, hoc opus est.
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Namque nec sibi potest mortem consciscere, si velit, quad homini dedit optimum in tantis vitae poenis: nec mortales aeternitata donare, aut revocare defunctos; nec facere ut qui vixit non vixerit, qui honores gessit non gessarit, nullumque habere in praeteritum ius, praeterquam oblivionis, atque (ut facetis quoque argumentis societas haec cum deo copuletur) ut bis dena viginti non sint, et multa similiter efficere non posse. —
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Quod, accidit mihi, dum corruptum, et omnibus vitiis fractum dicendi genus revocare ad severiora judicia contendo.
A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements Caius Cornelius Tacitus
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"Facilis descensus Averno; sed revocare gradum, hoc opus, hic labor est."
The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner John Wilkinson
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I succeeded in suspending myself in the manner indicated, but -- _revocare gradum_ -- when I attempted to regain the bar with my hands, it was no go.
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Unlike the road to Hades, the descent to which is easy, here the ascent is inviting; though, alike in both cases, "_revocare gradum, hoc opus hic labor est_."
Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French
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Like this last-named victim of misdirected ambition, poetical expressions, being once fairly reduced to the level of ordinary use, so that all feel at liberty to take them in vain, can never 'revocare gradem.'
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Vos iuvabit in memoriam revocare, quæ magna percentum annos peregit Universitas vestra, quæ tam variæ et multiplicis eruditionis luminibus in præterito illustrata est atque adeohodie illustratur, quæ tam numerosæ iuventuti doctrinæ beneficia quotannis impertit, ut trans Oceanum innotuerit et inter insignissimas litterarum et scientiæ sedes iam numeretur.
The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921 1922
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Poenorum dimissa cohors. quae maesta repulsa ac minitans capto patrias properabat ad oras. prosequitur volgus, patres, ac planctibus ingens personat et luctu campus. revocare libebat interdum et iusto raptum retinere dolore.
Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914
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Jam quod traditur de spiritibus vel animabus mortuorum apparentibus aliquando viventibus, et petentibus ab eis officia, quibus liberentur, deputamus apparitiones eas inter ludibria, artes et deceptiones diaboli, qui, ut potest se transfigurare in angelum lucis, ita satagit fidem veram vel evertere, vel in dubium revocare.
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