...remain.' 121. That is 'To wonder at nothing'. From Horace, Epistles, Book 1, Epistle 6, line 1: 'Nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, Solaque quae possit facere et servare beatum [To wonder at nothing is just about the one and only thing, Numicus, that can make a man happy and...

...There are, my friend, whose philosophic eyes Look through, and trust the Ruler with his skies. Hune solem, et stellas, et decedentia certis Tempora momentis, sunt qui formidine nulla Imbuti spectent.5 Turn our thoughts, in the next place, to the characters of learned men. The priesthood have,...

...commonly received, that a wise man is never surprised," in Samuel Johnson's words (Rambler, no. 29): Nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, solaque quae possit...imbuti spectent: quid censes munera terrae, quid maris extremes Arabas ditantis et Indos, ludicra quid, plausus et amici dona Quiritis, quo spectanda modo,...

...dichterischen Sentenz darüber, was einzig und allein den Menschen glücklich macht und glücklich erhält. Nil admirari prope res est una, Numici, solaque, quae possit facere et servare beatum. (Epistolae I 6: Nichts anstaunen: Nur dies, Numitius, dies allein kann Menschen glücklich machen und...