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bread and the circus games (according to Juvenal, the sole interest of the plebes)panem et circenses
cause, reason, motive, pretext, interestcausa
expenditures, outlay, interest on a loanimpendium
he delighted to wander over unknown regions, to visit unknown rivers, the interest lessening the fatigue (Ovid)ignotis errare locis, ignota videre flumina gaudebat, studio minuente laborem
hence arise devouring usury, grasping interest, shaken credit, and war of advantage to many (Lucan, said of the ambition of Cæsar)hinc usura vorax, avidumque in tempore fænus, et concussa fides, et multis utile bellum
it is for the interest of every good man that the republic shall be safe (Cicero)omnibus bonis expedit rempublicam esse salvam
life is given to us to be used; it is a loan without interest, and we have no date fixed for repayment (Pedo Albinovanus)vita data utenda; data est sine fœnore nobis mutua, nec certa persolvenda die
love that comes late in life bears great interest (Propertius)sæpe venit magno fœnore tardus amor
nature has lent us life at interest, like money, and has fixed no day for its payment (Cicero)natura dedit usuram vitæ tanquam pecuniæ nulla præstitua die
pretext /interestcausa
regardless of his own interestsui oblitus commodi
rich in lands, rich in money laid out at interest (Horace)dives agris, dives positis in fœnore nummis
the interest in the pursuit gently beguiling the severity of the toil (Horace)molliter austerum studio fallente laborem
To appeal to the crowd -- often used of politicians who make false or insincere promises appealing to popular interestAd captandum vulgus
 

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