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V. Cousin. . Men are governed only by serving them; the rule is without exception. - On ne gouverne les hommes que en les servant; la règle est sans exception
V. Cousin. . The emancipation of reason has not injured the cause of God; it has promoted it. - La raison émancipée n'a pas nui à la cause de Dieu; elle l'a servie
v. Sallet. . In everything else let thyself be led, only not in feeling and in thinking. - In allem andern lass dich lenken / Nur nicht
Val. Max. . I would appeal to Philip, she said, but to Philip sober. - Provocarem ad Philippum, inquit, sed sobrium
Valerius Maximus. . Where there exists the greatest and most honourable love, it is sometimes better to be joined in death than separated in life. - Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando præstat morte jungi quam vita distrahi
Van Alphen. . My learning is play, and my play is learning. - Myn leeren is spelen, myn spelen is leeren
Vanbrugh. . Guilty consciences make men cowards.
Vanbrugh. . If women were humbler, men would be honester.
Varnhagen von Ense. . In the meanest hut there is a romance, if you knew the hearts there.
Varnhagen von Ense. . True mercy is ashamed of itself; hides itself, and does not complain. You may know it by that.
 
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Disorientate : v. t. To turn away from the east, or (figuratively) from the right or the truth.

 
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev. James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
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