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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.

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Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Q. Horatius Flaccus
Horatius
Horatius Flaccus
Live
Shore
Always
Storm
Hugging
Thou
Wilt
Sea
Pressing
Neither
Storms
Dangerous
Hug
Fear
Cautious
Better
Closely

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