"I dare not hope to please a Cinna's ear. Or sing what Varus might vouchsafe to hear; Harsh are the sweetest lays that I can bring, So screams a goose where swans melodious sing."
— Geese

January 1, 1970

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James Beattie, Translation of Vergil, Pastoral 9; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 329.