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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CONTENTMENT, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Poet's Biography
First Line: He that holds fast the golden mean
Last Line: "embittering all his state."
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Variant Title(s): Moderation
Subject(s): Contentment
First Line: He that holds fast the golden mean
Last Line: "embittering all his state."
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Variant Title(s): Moderation
Subject(s): Contentment
"He that holds fast the golden mean,
And lives contentedly between
The little and the great,
Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,
Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door
Embittering all his state."
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