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To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.
To admire nothing, (as most are wont to do;) Is the only method that I know, To make men happy, and to keep them so.
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- Thomas Creech (identity unresolved)
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 9 · quotation 8 · Thomas Creech · Translation. Horace. I. Ep. VI. 1.
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