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Odi profanum vulgus et arceo; Favete linguis; carmina non prius Audita Musarum sacerdos Virginibus puerisque canto. I despise the uninitiated mob and I warn them off: keep your tongues well-omened; I, priest of the Muses, am singing songs, never heard before, to girls and boys.
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Odi profanum vulgus et ardeo. Favete linguis.


— I hate the uncultivated crowd and keep them at a distance. Favour me by your tongues (keep silence).
— Horace, Odes, Book III. 1. ("Favete linguis" also found in Cicero, Ovid).

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Homines qui gestant, quique auscultant crimina, Si meo arbitratu liceat, omnes pendeant, Gestores linguis, auditores auribus.


— Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged—the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.
— Plautus, Pseudolus, I. 5. 12.

Tags: Homines, quique, meo, liceat, omnes, auribus

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