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To flee vice is the beginning of virtue, and to have got rid of folly is the beginning of wisdom.

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Horace

Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry (65-8 BC)

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    η φυγή είναι η αρχή της αρετής και η απαλλαγή από την αδυσώπηση είναι η αρχή της σοφίας.

    huir del vicio es el comienzo de la virtud, y deshacerse de la locura es el comienzo de la sabiduría.

    fuir le vice est le début de la vertu, et se débarrasser de la folie est le début de la sagesse.

    Virtus est vitium fugere initium et principium sapientiae conplexio rid stulti.

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