'Tis not sufficient to combine
Well-chosen words in a well-ordered line.
Non satis est puris versum perscribere verbis.
Original text (Latin)
Original text (Latin)
To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.
The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.
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