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I can say with Ovid, video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor* (* I see and approve better things, but follow the worse which I condemn.).
Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010
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I'm so sorry, Curt, but in the words of the great Ovid: "Video meliora proboque deteriora sequor."
Archive 2009-02-08 2009
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One of them is Video meliora, proboque; Detoriora sequor.
Turning point Fred 2007
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One of them is Video meliora, proboque; Detoriora sequor.
Archive 2007-07-01 Fred 2007
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“Video meliora proboque — I mean, bring it me hot, with sugar, John,” he said to waiter.
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Video meliora, proboque; Deteriora sequor is one of the most interesting blog's out there, as evidenced by the three latest posts:The Sensualists - an answer the question of why it is men who are so attracted to "the 'smells and bells' of the old-style Latin and Eastern Rite liturgies."
TS on a Roll 2006
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Indeed, politics ain't everything, and Video meliora, proboque; Deteriora sequor is one of my favorite blogs.
Part of the Team 2006
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Video meliora, proboque; Deteriora sequor (not just a blog title, but the story of my life in a sentence) has referred us to this article on Russell Kirk's ghost stories.
01/01/2003 - 02/01/2003 John 2003
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I can say with Ovid, video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor* (* I see and approve better things, but follow the worse which I condemn.).
Flashman And The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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I can say with Ovid, video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor* (* I see and approve better things, but follow the worse which I condemn.).
Flashman and The Redskins Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1982
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