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Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labuntur.
Quintus Curtius Rufus
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Hic tantum Boreae curamus frigora, Quantum aut numerum lupus aut torrentia flumina ripas.

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— 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."

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Altissima quæque flumina minimo sono labuntur.


— The deepest rivers flow with the least sound.
— VII, 4, 13.

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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."

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Rura mihi et rigui placeant in vallibus amnes, flumina amem sylvasque inglorius.

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— 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.

Tags: Rura, rigui, placeant, vallibus, amnes, amem, sylvasque, inglorius

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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.

Tags: Rura, rigui, placeant, vallibus, amnes, amem, sylvasque, inglorius

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