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"Neque te sermonibus vulgi dederis, nec in præmis humanis spem posueris rerum tuarum; suis te oportet illecebris ipsa virtus trahat ad verum decus." "You shall put your hope neither in man's opinion nor in human rewards; but Virtue itself by her own charms shall lead you the way to true glory."
HORACE mentions a white elephant as having been exhibited at Rome: "Sive elephas albus vulgi converteret ora." HOR. Ep. Habits when Wild. Although found generally in warm and sunny climates, it is a mistake to suppose that the elephant is partial either to heat or to light. In Ceylon, the mountain tops, and not the sultry valleys, are its favourite resort.
Ita, cum damna damnis continuarentur atque omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur, poscebatur ore vulgi dux Agricola: comparantibus cunctis vigorem, constantiam et expertum bellis animum cum inertia et formidine ceterorum.
"In deorum numerum relatus est non ore modo decernentium sed et persuasione vulgi." Suetonius. Near Gaeta. It remains to offer a few general remarks on the person whose life and actions I have endeavored to describe in the preceding pages. In all conditions of human society distinguished men are the subjects of legend; but the character of the legend varies with the disposition of the time.
But certainly he is traduced; for his words are noble and divine: Non deos vulgi negare profanum; sed vulgi opiniones diis applicare profanum. Plato could have said no more. And although he had the confidence, to deny the administration, he had not the power, to deny the nature.
It was at Rome a signification of favour to depress and turn in the thumbs: "Fautor utroque tuum laudabit pollice ludum:" and of disfavour to elevate and thrust them outward: "Converso pollice vulgi, Quemlibet occidunt populariter." The Romans exempted from war all such as were maimed in the thumbs, as having no more sufficient strength to hold their weapons.
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