The body, overcharged with the excess of yesterday, weighs down the mind together with itself, and fixes to the earth that particle of the divine spirit.
The body, overcharged with the excess of yesterday, weighs down the mind together with itself, and fixes to the earth that particle of the divine spirit.
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- Pearls of Thought (1881)
Page 135 · printed citation: Horace · subject: Intemperance
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