A quotation from Virgil:

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Others lash the unknown seas with oars,
Rush at the sword, pay court in royal halls.
One destroys a city and its homes
To drink from jewelled cups and sleep on scarlet;
One hoards his wealth and lies on buried gold.
One gapes dumbfounded at the speaker’s stand;
At the theater, still another, open-mouthed,
Reels before crescendos of applause
From t…
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Georgics [Georgica], Book 2, l. 504ff (2.504-513) (29 BC) [tr. Bovie (1956)] - Virgil | WIST Quotations

Others lash the unknown seas with oars, Rush at the sword, pay court in royal halls. One destroys a city and its homes To drink from jewelled cups and sleep on scarlet; One hoards his wealth and lies on buried gold. One gapes dumbfounded at the speaker’s stand; At the…

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