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Better wilt thou live...by neither always pressing out to sea nor too closely hugging the dangerous shore in cautious fear of storms.
Horace
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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Q. Horatius Flaccus
Horatius
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Dangerous
Hug
Fear
Cautious
Better
Closely
Live
Shore
Always
Storm
Hugging
Thou
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Sea
Pressing
Neither
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