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Si examines, omnes miseriae causas vel a furioso contendendi studio, vel ab injusta cupiditate, origine traxisse scies.
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Immortalitatem beneficio literarum, immortali gloriosa quadam cupiditate concupivit.
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Ego statim suspicatus sum malum de cupiditate eius, et dixi ei.
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Ego statim suspicatus sum malum de cupiditate eius, et dixi ei.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Primo quidem oportet ut non sit injusta; secundo quod non sit de cupiditate vel avaritia suspecta propter excessum; tertio quod non permittat labi substantiam propter defectum ...
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching George O'Brien
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Minus enim prisca patrum virtus in pretio esse coeperat, permanente nihilominus vetere gloriae cupiditate.
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait
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According to him, their evil influence results from their unbridled passions: "_Quia irascendi et concupiscendi animi vim adeo effrenatam habent, ut nullo modo ab irâ et cupiditate sese temperare valeant_."
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Igitur [11] initio reges (nam in terris nomen imperii id primum fuit), diversi pars [12] ingenium, alii corpus exercebant; etiamtum vita hominum sine cupiditate agitabatur, sua cuique satis placebant.
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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_ 2, 'M. Aper et Iulius Secundus, celeberrima tum ingenia fori nostri, quos ego in iudiciis non modo studiose audiebam, sed domi quoque et in publico adsectabar, mira studiorum cupiditate et quodam ardore iuvenili, ut fabulas quoque eorum et disputationes et arcana semotae dictionis penitus exciperem.'
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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Aurum enim liquidum in rictum oris infusum est, ut cujus animus arserat auri cupiditate, ejus etiam mortuum et exangue corpus auro uteretur.
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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