utile dulci

[ oo-ti-le -dool-kee; English yoot-l-ee -duhl-sahy, -see ]

/ ˈu tɪ lɛ ˈdʊl ki; English ˈyut l i ˈdʌl saɪ, -si /

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Latin.

the useful with the pleasurable.

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Words nearby utile dulci

L'envie de me rendre utile, dont tout citoyen doit tre anim, m'a fait entreprendre l'ouvrage que je prsente au Public.
Baron d'Holbach|Max Pearson Cushing
C'est si charmant de jouer et si utile au bon fonctionnement humain!
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Assuredly not in that of substituting the utile for the dulce, in any eyes but those of almanack makers.
Mirror of the Months|Peter George Patmore
Quod ut gratum nobis erit, sic eidem Ecclesiae utile futurum non dubitamus.
The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, December 1864|Various

Ce qui domineles hommes, c'est la peur de la vérité, à moins que la vérité ne leur soit utile.
Red Pottage|Mary Cholmondeley