jauaque

Updated: May 9, 2025

or these of Lucretius: Jauaque caput quassans grandis suspirat arator Crebrius incassum magnum cecidisse laborem. What conglomerate plebeian speech of our time could utter the stately grandeur of these Lucretian words, every one of which is noble, and wears the toga?

George Santayana - The Sense of Beauty: Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory