respice
- a word derived from spice.
Example Sentences
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Many, many times since it all happened, I have pondered that pair of great maxims, Principiis obsta and Finem respice — "Resist the beginnings" and "consider the end."
From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2021
Many, many times since it all happened I have pondered that pair of great maxims, Principiis obsta and Finem respice — "Resist the beginnings" and "Consider the end."
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021
In such cases /respice auctoris animum/ is a safe rule; what was not written as an epigram is not an epigram.
From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
And underneath the great crucifix, which was fastened to the wall, he graved this from Augustine: O anima Christiana, respice vulnera patientis, sanguinem morientis, pretium redemptionis.
From The Cloister and the Hearth by Reade, Charles
Trulie, my Lord, I cannot blame his devotioun to so fair a saint, though I may wish the chapel for his adoration had been better chosen, and the companie more suitable; sed respice finem.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
