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Group 69: Latin

917. Dulce quod utile.

918. Quod utile honestum.

919. Quod verum tutum.

920. Quod non opus est, asse carum est.

921. Quae rara cara.

922. Quod dei deo, quod Caesaris Caesari.

923. Qui sibi malus, nulli bonus.

924. Cibus non qui plurimus, sed qui suavissimus.

925. Felix alterius cui sunt documenta flagella.

926. Cuius regio, eius religio.

927. Cuius finis bonus est, ipsum quoque bonum est.

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917. Sweet is that which is useful. (Compare the famous line in Horace, miscere utile dulci, "to mix the useful with the sweet.")

918. That which is useful is honest. (You will find this saying in Erasmus's Adagia, 4.7.93.)

919. That which is true is secure. (This saying is a popular family motto, as you can see in the Courtenay family crest.)

920. Something which is not needed is dear even at a farthing. (This is a saying attributed to Cato by Seneca.)

921. Those things which are rare are dear. (You can also find this in the superlative form: quae rarissima carissima.)

922. That which is God's, to God; that which is Caesar's, to Caesar. (You can read a brief essay about this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

923. He who is a trouble to himself, does no one any good. (This saying is a good way to remember the dative form of the adjective nullus, which is nulli.)

924. Food: not that which is most plentiful, but most sweet. (You can read a brief essay on this saying at the AudioLatinProverbs.com website.)

925. Happy is the man for whom other people's punishments are a lesson. (You can read a brief essay about this proverb at the AudioLatinProverbs.com blog.)

926. To whom the domain belongs, his is the religion. (This is a Latin phrase which is associated with "religions of state," meaning that the religion of the ruler is the religion of the state. You can read more about the history of this practice in the Christian tradition at wikipedia.)

927. When the end of something is good, the thing itself is also good. (You can find this principle in philosophical writers such as Boethius.)