"Hi sunt inimici pessumi fronte hilaro corde tristi."
— Caecilius Statius

January 1, 1970

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Poets from Rome
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For the worst of foes are those that have bright faces, gloomy hearts. — Hypobolimaeus ('The Changeling'), fragment 5; as quoted by Gellius, XV, 9, 1 — Cp. Nonius, 205, 1–2