"Truth is not in your nature"

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“ingenio vestro non est veritas” - is this ok, or is there a better form? I was also considering something like “vestro non est verum”, or “verum non est vestri potestas/vim”. What are your thoughts? And do you have any insights into when to use a genitive vs a dative, or does this only come with experience? Cheers.

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vim should be vis.
I’d say that the genitive shows a more or less permanent quality, while the dative simply states possession.

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I’m wondering if “in ingenio” might not work? From De Oratore:

Habet enim et voluntatem nocendi in iracundia et vim in ingenio et pondus in vita.

Cicero, M. T. (1902). M. Tulli Ciceronis Rhetorica. (A. S. Wilkins, Ed.). Medford, MA.

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Cheers. Also, how about “veritas dissidet vestro”? There is an example in the book “First Latin Steps – W.M. Josian”, i.e, “Virtus dissidet plebi”.