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Explain and discuss the following dicta: -- (a) _Qui nimium probat, nihil probat_: (b) A bad proof is worse than no proof; (c) The exception proves the rule; (d) Negatives cannot be proved.
Logic Deductive and Inductive Carveth Read 1889
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Anthony: exceptio probat regulam in casibus non exceptis is Latin.
Matthew Yglesias » For Democrats, Even a 2010 Win Will Feel Like a Loss 2010
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Nauclerum tempestas, athletam stadium, ducem pugna, magnanimum calamitas, Christianum vero tentatio probat et examinat.
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Ille impiger regem adit, abatissam et suas praegnantes edocet, exploratoribus missis probat, et iis ejectis, a domino suo manerium accepit.
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[Greek: Ph]. 's interrogative, except upon the principle, "Exceptio probat regulam."
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Its motto is "_exitus acta probat_" -- the event justifies the deed.
A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford
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= Compare XV 36 'dura iubet _gelido_ Parca _sub axe_ mori' and _Her_ VI 105-6 (Hypsipyle to Jason) 'non probat Alcimede mater tua -- consule matrem --/non pater, _a gelido_ cui uenit _axe_ nurus'.
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros (Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men).
Quotations 1919
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Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros (Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men).
Quotations Beaumont 1919
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Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros (Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men).
Quotations 1919
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