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How to deal with tick bites, from Medstar Washington Hospital Center

20 of the funniest school signs ever

A free course: Intro to classical Latin

"Time and the Fates of Man" sculpture in Brookgreen Gardens, SC

About the sculpture

Sago palm, aka a pinecone on a palm

Quem Deus Vult Perdere, Prius Dementat

"Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad" (spoken by Prometheus in Longfellow's poem The Masque of Pandora). Prior Latin version: Quem deus vult perdere, dementat prius (Boswell’s Johnson, 1783 ( Read more... )

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Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. (A drop carves the rock, not by force but by persistence.)

(Ovid)

[this is the motto of the Adventuresses of Sherlock Holmes Society, as it turns out!--www.ash-nyc.com/AboutASH.htm

Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.

De mortuis nil nisi bonum.

Hi all,

Anybody here could tell me the exact translation of this quotation from Francis Bacon?

"Natura enim non nisi parendo vincitur."

Thank you!

Cat