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Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labuntur.
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Hic tantum Boreae curamus frigora, Quantum aut numerum lupus aut torrentia flumina ripas.
virgil— We fear not more the winds and wintry cold,
Than streams the banks, or wolves the bleating fold.Book VII, lines 51–52 (translated by John Dryden).Cf. the Francis Bacon's paraphrase:
"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be."
Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labuntur.
— The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
— VII, 4, 13.
Hic tantum Boreae curamus frigora, Quantum aut numerum lupus aut torrentia flumina ripas.
— We fear not more the winds and wintry cold,
Than streams the banks, or wolves the bleating fold.
— Book VII, lines 51–52 (translated by John Dryden).
— Cf. the Francis Bacon's paraphrase:
"It never troubles the wolf how many the sheep be."
Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes, flumina amem sylvasque inglorius.
virgil— My next desire is, void of care and strife,
To lead a soft, secure, inglorious life:
A country cottage near a crystal flood,
A winding valley, and a lofty wood.Happy the man, who, studying nature's laws,
Thro' known effects can trace the secret cause.Book II, lines 485–486 (translated by John Dryden).Variant translation (by Wharton):
Me may the lowly vales and woodland please
And winding rivers and inglorious ease.
Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes, flumina amem sylvasque inglorius.
— Variant translation (by Wharton):
Me may the lowly vales and woodland please
And winding rivers and inglorious ease.
