Reference the Lions!
alea iacta est,
fortes fortuna adiuvat.
alea iacta est,
fortes fortuna adiuvat.
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But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the younger -
I'll guess the 2nd is along the lines of Fortune favours the brave? -
It doesn;t say anything about fortune favouring the stupid though.Originally posted by Pondlife View PostAnd what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
I've just won a mars bars!
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First line is Caesar crossing the Rubicion to re-take Rome for the Romans - "The die is cast".
In this context I think the two cancel each other out
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No, the first is referring to a irrevocable course of action, the second how you conduct yourself. Also this was a civil war and Rome was in Roman hands under the Senate and Pompeius Magnus.Originally posted by malvolio View PostFirst line is Caesar crossing the Rubicion to re-take Rome for the Romans - "The die is cast".
In this context I think the two cancel each other outBut I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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The first point I concede, the second I don't. I know it was a civil war, but history is written by the winners: the former occupants of the Palatine Hill were not doing so on behalf of populus Romani. OK, so Caesar wasn't being entirely altruistic, but conquering heroes rarely are.Originally posted by Gibbon View Post
Anyway, hic ludus militi pedicate, labor vocet.
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