"Consules fiunt quotannis et novi proconsules; solus aut rex aut poeta non quotannis nascitur."
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Every year we get fresh consuls, every year proconsuls too: Only patrons, only poets, are not born each year anew. β De Qualitate Vitae, IX (tr. Duff & Duff) β Robert Fletcher, "The PoetβIs He Born, not Made?", American Anthropologist, VI, 2 (April 1893), p. 117
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