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by 1718627440 295 days ago
Do you use -que like that? I thought you add it only to the last item of an enumeration?
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Yep! See entry II of Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary for the word:[0]

> II. Repeated, que . . . que.

> A. Both ... and (not in Cæs., once in Cic.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 338), co-ordinating,

To my ear it sounds more emphatic, formal, and annunciatory than singular -que, so it feel appropriate in the context of a guiding dictum/apophthegm.

[0] https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext...