“Then empty rumour to well-grounded fear gave strength.”
Vana quoque ad veros accessit fama timores.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus book Pharsalia
Book I, line 469 (tr. E. Ridley).
Pharsalia
“Thus each by his fears adds strength to rumour, and all dread the unconfirmed dangers invented by themselves.”
— Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, book Pharsalia
Book I, line 484 (tr. J. D. Duff).
Pharsalia
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