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Maxioms by Horace (quintus Horatius Flaccus)

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The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she
enthrones him in the heavens.
[Lat., Dignum read more

The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she
enthrones him in the heavens.
[Lat., Dignum laude virum Musa vetat mori;
Coelo Musa beat.]

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Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the
arms of a chambermaid as read more

Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the
arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

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For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he read more

For a man learns more quickly and remembers more easily that
which he laughs at, than that which he approves and reveres.
[Lat., Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud
Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.]

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