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“mens aliud suadet video meliora proboque”
Aliudque cupido, mens aliud suadet. Video meliora proboque, deteriora sequor. (Latin statement)
Translation: "Desire persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse."
From Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - c. A.D. 17).
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group A
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melior-, meliorat-
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prob-, proba-, probat-, prov-
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