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A Delphic sword. - Aristotle, Politica (I, 2), referring to the ambiguous Delphic Oracles The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. - John Milton, Hymn on Christ's Nativity (l. 173) Thou shalt go thou shalt return never in battle shalt thou perish. [Lat., Ibis redibis non morieris in bello.] - Oracle, utterance which through absence of punctuation and position on "non" may be interpreted favorably or the reverse I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! - William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Gratiano at I, i) BUY VARYING HARE USED BOOK
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