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Illicitum non sperandum.
Do not hope for what is not allowed
EMBLEMA XLVI.
Spes simul & Nemesis nostris altaribus adsunt,
Scilicet ut speres non nisi quod liceat.[1]
Hope and Retribution stand together beside the altar I have built, to ensure that you hope only for that which is allowed.
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