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Auspices (n.) are ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠best for whatever is done in the interests of the State; any law against its interest is proposed against the auspices.

Recovery (n.) needs ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a loss first: \"had you not lost it,\" Fabius laughed at the man who claimed credit for Tarentum, \"I should never have recovered it.\"