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IndefiniteProunouns
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Indefinite Pronouns
- Est quaedam flere voluptas. There is a kind of pleasure in crying. (Ovidius, Tristia)
- Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor. May some avenger one day raise from my bones. (Vergil, Aeneid)
- Faber est suae quisque fortunae. Every man is the artisan of his own fortune. (Appius Claudius Caecus)
- Malum quidem nullum esse sine aliquō bonō. There is no evil without something good. (Pliny the Elder, HN)
- Nullum esse librum tam malum ut non aliquā parte prodesset. No book is so bad that no part of it is useful. (Pliny the Younger, Epistulae)
- q.d. (quaque die), every day (a medical abbreviation)
- Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes. Whatever this may be, I fear the Greeks even when they're bringing gifts. (Vergil, Aeneid)
- Stat sua cuique dies, breve et irreparabile tempus omnibus est vitae. The day is decided for each and everyone, the lifespan is short and irreplaceable for everybody. (Vergil)
- Suum cuique pulchrum est. To each his own is beautiful. (Cicero)
- Suus cuique mos. Everyone has his customs. (Gellius, NA)
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