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At, quidquid "videri" possit, certum nobis exploratumque est Vaticanum codicem primo habuisse [Greek: eurakydôn], prout expressum fuit tum in tabella quâ Maius Birchianas lectiones notavit, tum in alterâ quâ nos errata corrigenda recensuimus. '
The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels John William Burgon 1850
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I forgot to add, and it seems pertinent - the NC state motto is "esse quam videri" - to be rather than to seem.
States' rights 2007
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'Dark Fire' is the second of the series (and should be read thusly after 'Dissolution') and in it Matthew runs into the motto 'esse quam videri' which means 'be it, don't seem it'.
Latin Dave Hingsburger 2007
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Peter Kaufman's theme this year was "fakery versus real", thus echoing NC's motto "esse quam videri" (to be, rather than to seem), which perfectly delineates the philosophical difference between UNC and dook, and thus leads to me reading the Why I Hate Dook article in front of class.
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Peter Kaufman's theme this year was "fakery versus real", thus echoing NC's motto "esse quam videri" (to be, rather than to seem), which perfectly delineates the philosophical difference between UNC and dook, and thus leads to me reading the Why I Hate Dook article in front of class.
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Quales statuae (quod ait [2100] ille) quae sacris in aedibus columnis imponuntur, velut oneri cedentes videntur, ac si insudarent, quum revera sensu sint carentes, et nihil saxeam adjuvent firmitatem: atlantes videri volunt, quum sint statuae lapideae, umbratiles revera homunciones, fungi, forsan et bardi, nihil a saxo differentes.
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Clamore vestium ad se juvenes vocat; capilli fasciolis comprimuntur crispati, cingulo pectus arctatur, capilii vel in frontem, vel in aures defluunt: palliolum interdum cadit, ut nudet humeros, et quasi videri noluerit, festinans celat, quod volens detexerit.
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Omni tempore Socratem eodem vultu videri, sive domum rediret, sive domo egrederetur.
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Multis videri poterit, majorem esso differentiam Simiae et
Essays 2007
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Si principibus venatio leporis non sit inhonesta, nescio quomodo piscatio cyprinorum videri debeat pudenda.
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