"Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas."
— Virgil
January 1, 1970
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Poets from Rome
Virgil
People from Lombardy
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Book II, line 490 (tr. H. Rushton Fairclough); homage to Lucretius. — John Dryden's translation: — : Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws, Thro' known effects can trace the secret cause.
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Book II, line 490 (tr. H. Rushton Fairclough); homage to Lucretius. — John Dryden's translation: — : Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws, Thro' known effects can trace the secret cause.