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“Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees…” quote by Horace — Download Open image

“Who is a good man? He who keeps the decrees of the fathers, and both human and divine laws. [Lat., Vir bonus est quis? Qui consulta patrum, qui leges juraque servat.]”

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