Not bound to swear allegiance to any master, wherever the wind takes me I travel as a visitor.

Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

Horace

Epistles

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Wandering Travel Freedom

Author

Horace

Source

Epistles

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

20 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe Roman Empire

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Original Citation

Horace. Epistles. 20 BC, bk. 1, no. 1, l. 14.

Current Citation

Horace. "Epistles." Satires, Epistles, Ars Poetica. Translated by H. R. Fairclough. Harvard UP, 1929, bk. 1, no. 1, l. 14.

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Another quote by Horace

I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.

Horace

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Immortality through art Artistic legacy Art Poetry

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Horace
Source
Odes (Horace)
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Boast
Language
Latin
Time
23 BC 20s BC 1st century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Horace. Odes. bk, 3, no. 30, l. 1.

Current Citation

Horace. Odes. Translated by Niall Rudd. Harvard UP, 2004. (Book, 3, No. 30, Line. 1.)

Another quote about Travel

They change their skies above them,
But not their hearts that roam.

Rudyard Kipling

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Topic
Limitations of travel Travel

Author

Rudyard Kipling
Source
The Native-Born
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1895 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Kipling, Rudyard. "The Native-Born." London Times, 1895, st. 2.

Another quote from Classical antiquity

He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter.

Isaiah 53:7

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Innocent victims Innocence
Source
Isaiah The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Language
Hebrew
Time
-681 -680s 7th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Isaiah 53:7).

Another quote originally in Latin

To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay, right or justice.

Magna Carta

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Rule of law Justice
Source
Magna Carta
Medium
Political charter
Genre
Political literature
Language
Latin
Time
1215 1210s 13th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Magna Carta Libertatum [Great Charter of Freedoms]. 5 June 1215, 40.

Current Citation

Magna Carta. Translated by David A. Carpenter. Penguin, 2015, no. 40.