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Latin	English
nervis alienis mobile lignum	a puppet moved by sticks in the hands of another
cito enim arescit lacrima, præsertim in alienis malis	for a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others (Cicero)
est procax natura multorum in alienis miseriis	there are many who are only too ready to take advantage of the misfortunes of others (Pliny the Elder)
fertilior seges est alienis semper in agris, vicinumque pecus grandius uber habet	the crop is always greater in the lands of another, and the cattle of our neighbor are deemed more productive than our own (Ovid)
hic ver assiduum, atque alienis mensibus æstas	here is ceaseless spring, and summer in months in which summer is alien (Virgil, referring to Italy)
infortunia nostra, alienis collata, leviora	our misfortunes, compared with those of others, become lighter (from the Emblemata of Alciato)
mobile mutatur semper cum principe vulgus	the fickle populace always changes with the prince (Claudian)
nunquam erit alienis gravis, qui suis se concinnat levem	he will never be disagreeable to others who makes himself agreeable to his own relations (Plautus)
peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas; propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit. Alienis ante pectus suspendit gravem	Jupiter has laid two knapsacks on us; he has placed one behind our backs filled with our own faults, and he has hung another before us, heavy with the faults of other people (Phædrus)
Perpetuum mobile	Perpetual motion
Primum mobile	Prime mover
primum mobile	the first motion; the prime mover (i.e., that which sets everything else into motion)
præcipue autem lignum, sive virga, versus superiorem partem curva est	every staff of empire is truly crooked at the top (Francis Bacon)

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