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Percunctatorem fugito, nam garrulus idem est. Shun the inquisitive person, for he is also a talker.— HORACE — Epistolæ. I. 18. 69.
Ixcitantur enim homines ad agnoscenda quæ differuntur. Our inquisitive disposition is excited by having its gratification deferred. PLINY the Younger-Epistolæ. IX.
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