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Horace

(Quintus Horatio Flaccus)(65—8 B.C.), Roman satirist

Whatever advice you give, be short.

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Horace

(65-8 B.C.), Roman satirist Not gods, nor men, nor even booksellers have put up with poets being second-rate. www.english-slang.com

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(65-8 B.C.), Roman satirist Sports begets tumultuous strife and wrath, and wrath begets fierce quarrels and war to the death. www.english-slang.com

Juvenal

(50-130), Roman satirist It is difficult not to write satire. www.english-slang.com

Juvenal

(50-130), Roman satirist Honesty is praised and starves. www.english-slang.com

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