Persius

Aulus Persius Flaccus (34–62) was a Roman satirical poet and moralist.

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"Magister artis ingenique largitor venter."

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"Quis leget haec?"

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"Nec te quaesiveris extra."

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"Usque adeone scire tuum nihil est, nisi te scire hoc sciat alter?"

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"At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est"."

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"Nec nocte paratum, plorabit qui me volet incurvasse querella."

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"Virtutem videant intabescantque relicta."

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"Ut nemo in sese tentat descendere! nemo! Sed praecedenti spectatur mantica tergo."

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"Tecum habita: noris quam sit tibi curta supellex."

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"Cum lux altera venit, iam cras hesternum consumpsimus; ecce aliud cras egerit hos annos et semper paulum erit ultra."

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"Nostrum est quod vivis, cinis et manes et fabula fies. vive memor leti, fugit hora."

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"She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair."