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Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appelant
Where they have made a desolation, they call it "peace"
Tacitus, Agricola 30:6

Una salus victis: nullam sperare salutem
One salvation remains for the vanquished: to hope for no salvation
Vergil, Aeneid 2:354
recommending a suicide charge as a last resort

Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem
One man, by his delaying [tactics], restored to us the state
Ennius, Annales 12, speaking of Fabius Cunctator

Usque adeone mori miserum est?
Is it then so sad a thing to die?
Vergil, Aeneid 12: 646

Usus magister est optimus
Experience is the best teacher
Cicero, Pro Rabirio Postumo 4:9

Ut desint vires, tamen est laudanda voluntas
Though strength be lacking, the will may yet be praised
Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto 3/4:79

Ut sit magna, tamen certe lenta ira deorum est
However great it may be, the anger of the gods is surely slow
Junenal, Satires 13:110

 

 

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