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Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile. — Lucretius

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

Never trust her at any time when the calm sea shows her false alluring smile.

In the original Latin

Neve ullo tempore credant, subdola cum ridet placidi pellacia ponti

Lucretius
On the Nature of Things · 55 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Carus, Titus Lucretius. The Nature of Things, translated by Alicia Stallings. Penguin Classics, 2007, bk. 2, l. 558.
Original citation
Carus, Titus Lucretius. De Rerum Natura [On the Nature of Things]. c. 55 BC, bk. 2, l. 558.

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