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Page xiv - Conversis studiis aetas animusque virilis Quaerit opes et amicitias, inservit honori, Commisisse cavet quod mox mutare laboret. Multa senem circumveniunt incommoda, vel quod Quaerit et inventis miser abstinet ac timet uti, Vel quod res omnes timide gelideque ministrat, Dilator, spe longus, iners, avidusque futuri, Difficilis, querulus, laudator temporis acti Se puero, castigator censorque minorum.
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Page xx - Vivere si recte nescis decede peritis. Lusisti satis, edisti satis atque bibisti : Tempus abire tibi est, ne potum largius aequo Kideat et pulset lasciva decentius aetas.
Page x - Qui recte vivendi prorogat horam Rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis ; at ille Labitur et labetur in omne volubilis sevum.
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Page xi - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum.
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| Title | The Epistles and Art of Poetry ... Translated Into English Metre by A. Wood |
| Authors | Horace, Andrew Wood |
| Translated by | Andrew Wood |
| Publisher | Edinburgh, 1872 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Jun 28, 2006 |
| Length | 140 pages |
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