“As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice.”
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“I am frightened at seeing all the footprints directed towards thy den, and none returning.”
“Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom.”
“Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car.”
Source: The Works of Horace, Translated by Philip Francis
“What impropriety or limit can there be in our grief for a man so beloved?.”