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laus est facere quod decet, non quod licet	it is doing what we ought to do, and not merely doing what we may do, that is the ground of praise
ab alio expectes, alteri quod feceris	what you do to others, you may expect another to do to you (Laberius and Publilius Syrus)
ab alto speres alteri quod feceris	expect from Heaven what you have done to another
accidit in puncto quod non contingit in anno	what does not occur in the whole course of the year may happen in a moment
Accipere quam facere praestat injuriam	It is better to suffer an injustice than to do an injustice
accipere quam facere præstat injuriam	it is better to receive than to do an injury (Cicero)
adde quod ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes emollit mores nec sinit esse feros	add the fact that to have studied faithfully the liberal arts softens behavior, not allowing it to be savage (Ovid)
adeo facilius est multa facere quam diu	it is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing (Quintilian)
adolescentem verecundum esse decet	it becomes a young man to be modest (Plautus)
age quod agis	do what you are doing (i.e., attend to the work you have at hand; mind your own business)
Age quod agis	Do what you do well, pay attention to what you are doing
alium silere quod valeas (or voles), primus sile	to make another person hold his tongue, be first silent (Seneca)
ama et fac quod vis	love and do what you will (adapted from St. Augustine)
Amans semper, quod timet, esse putat	A lover always believes it to be as he fears. --- Ovid [Publius Ovidius Naso]
amicum lædere ne joco quidem licet	a friend must not be injured, even in jest (Publilius Syrus)

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