"Grandis et, ut ita dicam, pudica oratio non est maculosa nec turgida, sed naturali pulchritudine exsurgit."
— Petronius

January 1, 1970

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A noble, and so to say chaste, style is not overloaded with ornament, not turgid; its own natural beauty gives it elevation. — Sec. 2, translated by "Sebastian Melmoth" (1902)