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Those who are unacquainted with the world take pleasure in the intimacy of great men; those who are wiser dread the consequences.
Those who are unacquainted with the world take pleasure in the intimacy of great men; those who are wiser dread the consequences.
Approximate author period: c. 37 BC · classical
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- Author or tradition
- Horace
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- Approximate author period: c. 37 BC · classical
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 22 · printed citation: Horace · subject: Associates
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