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Sunday, October 28, 2018
Plenty of eloquence, not enough wisdom
From Catiline's War (Bellum Catilinae, c. 44 BC) by
Sallust
Satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum
.
Plenty of eloquence, not enough wisdom (said of Catiline)
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