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I would appeal to Philip, she said, but to Philip sober. [Lat., Provocarem ad Phillippum, inquit, sed sobrium.] - bk. VI, II, ext. 1 [Drinking] He (Solon) considered that no one ought to be called happy as long as he was alive. [Lat., Neminem, dum adhuc viveret, beatum dici debere arbitrabatur.] - bk. VII, 2, ext. 2 [Happiness] He [Xenocrates] said that he had often repented speaking, but never of holding his tongue. [Lat., Dixisse me, inquit, aliquando poentuit, tacuisse nunquam.] - bk. VII, 2, ext. 7 [Silence] The divine wrath is slow indeed in vengeance, but it makes up for its tardiness by the severity of the punishment. [Lat., Lento quidem gradu ad vindictam divina procedit ira, sed tarditatem supplicii gravitate compensat.] - I, 1, 3 [Retribution]
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