semper ut . . . vites: this is pure prose, with all the logical links exposed. Exemplum praebet=monet . . . ut sequare . . . et putando=putans . . . (ut) vites. For the form, cf. Pindar, Pyth. 4.90, 'Yea, and the swift shaft of Artemis made Tityos its prey in order that men may set their desires on permitted loves.' For the general sentiment disparem vites, ef. the proverbial κηδεῦσαι καθ᾽ ἑαυτόν of the Greek (Aesehyl. Prom. 890).
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Horace. Odes and Epodes. Edited with commentary by. Paul Shorey. revised by. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. New York. Benj. H. Sanborn and Co. 1910.
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