more brave in despising gold as yet undiscovered, and so be… - Horace

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more brave in despising gold as yet undiscovered, and so best situated while hidden in the earth, than in forcing it out for the uses of mankind, with a hand ready to make depredations on everything that is sacred.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin.

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Native Name: Q. Horatius Flaccus

Alternative Names: Quintus Horatius Flaccus • Horatius • Horatius Flaccus

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