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The wretched tumults that confound The soul, nor wealth can tell, nor kingly state; And stubborn are the cares that hover round The vaulted ceilings of the great.
The wretched tumults that confound The soul, nor wealth can tell, nor kingly state; And stubborn are the cares that hover round The vaulted ceilings of the great.
Approximate author period: c. 37 BC · classical
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- Horace
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- Approximate author period: c. 37 BC · classical
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 268 · printed citation: Horace · subject: GREATNESS
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