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Quintus Horatius Flaccus

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Biography - Quintus Horatius Flaccus:

Roman lyric poet.
Born: -65 - Died: -8
Period:
1st century BC
Place of birth: Italy
Italy

Unless the vessel be sweet, whatever you pour into it turns sour.



Translation

Translation

(French, German, Latin)



French
Si le vase n'est pas propre, tout ce qu'on y verse aigrit.

German
Ist das Gefäß nicht rein, wird alles, was man hineingießt, sauer.

Latin
Sincerum est nisi vas, quodcumque infundis, acescit.




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