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And seek for truth in the groves of Academe. — Horace

Letter

And seek for truth in the groves of Academe.

In the original Latin

atque inter silvas Academi quaerere verum.

Horace
14 BC
★ 2.1
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Seeking the truthTruthLearningEducation
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Advice
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Letter
Time
14 BCClassical antiquity
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Horace
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Current citation
Horace. "Epistles." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 2, epistle 2.
Original citation
Horace. Epistularum liber secundus [Second Book of Letters]. 14 BC, bk. 2, epistle 2.

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