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"In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war."
Horace / Satires, ii. 2. (111.)
Satires, ii. 2. (111.)
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"You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared-for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus's herd."
Horace / Satires, ii. 4, 15.
Satires, ii. 4, 15.
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"What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect."
Horace / Epistles, i. 12, 19.
Epistles, i. 12, 19.
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"If you wish me to weep, you yourself must feel grief."
Horace / Ars Poetica. 102.
Ars Poetica. 102.
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"The mountains will be in labour; an absurd mouse will be born."
Horace / Ars Poetica. 139.
Ars Poetica. 139.
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"Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods."
Horace / Ars Poetica. 359.
Ars Poetica. 359.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain