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Aut petis, aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum. Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling.
Aut petis, aut urgues ruiturum, Sisyphe, saxum. Either you pursue or push, O Sisyphus, the stone destined to keep rolling.
Approximate author period: c. 13 BC · classical
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- Ovid
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- Approximate author period: c. 13 BC · classical
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 8 · quotation 7 · Ovid · Metamorphoses. 4, 459.
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