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... HORACE . Satires , II . , 2 , 6 . ' The mind inclined to what is false recoils from better things . " " " " Acerrima proximorum odia . " TACITUS . History , IV . , 70 . 66 No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations ...
... HORACE . Satires , II . , 2 , 6 . ' The mind inclined to what is false recoils from better things . " " " " Acerrima proximorum odia . " TACITUS . History , IV . , 70 . 66 No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations ...
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... HORACE . Satires , I. , 5 , 32 . " Ad vivendum velut ad natandum is melior qui onere liberior . " APULEIUS . De Magia , XXI . " He is the better equipped for life , as for swimming , who has the less to carry . " " Adde Voltum ...
... HORACE . Satires , I. , 5 , 32 . " Ad vivendum velut ad natandum is melior qui onere liberior . " APULEIUS . De Magia , XXI . " He is the better equipped for life , as for swimming , who has the less to carry . " " Adde Voltum ...
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... HORACE . Epistolae , II . , 1 , 54 . " So holy a thing is every ancient poem . " " Adeo virtutes iisdem temporibus optime aestimantur quibus facillime gignuntur . " TACITUS . Agricola , I. " Virtues are held in the highest estimation in ...
... HORACE . Epistolae , II . , 1 , 54 . " So holy a thing is every ancient poem . " " Adeo virtutes iisdem temporibus optime aestimantur quibus facillime gignuntur . " TACITUS . Agricola , I. " Virtues are held in the highest estimation in ...
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... HORACE . Satires , II . , 3 , 247 . " To ride a stick , to build a paper house , Play odd and even , harness mouse and mouse : If a grown man professed to find delight In things like these , you'd call him mad outright . " " Aegris Nil ...
... HORACE . Satires , II . , 3 , 247 . " To ride a stick , to build a paper house , Play odd and even , harness mouse and mouse : If a grown man professed to find delight In things like these , you'd call him mad outright . " " Aegris Nil ...
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... HORACE . Satires , I. , 1 , 27 . " We will try A graver tone , and lay our joking by . " - ( Conington . ) " Amphitryo , miserrima istaec miseria est servo bono , Apud herum qui vera loquitur , si id vi verum vincitur . " PLAUTUS ...
... HORACE . Satires , I. , 1 , 27 . " We will try A graver tone , and lay our joking by . " - ( Conington . ) " Amphitryo , miserrima istaec miseria est servo bono , Apud herum qui vera loquitur , si id vi verum vincitur . " PLAUTUS ...
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