“There is a god within us.
It is when he stirs us that our bosom warms; it is
his impulse that sows the seeds of inspiration.”

— Ovid , Fasti

VI, lines 5-6; translation by Sir James George Frazer
Fasti (The Festivals)

Original

Est deus in nobis; agitante calescimus illo: impetus hic sacrae semina mentis habet.

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Roman poet -43–17 BC

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