populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplar in arca

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19:46 Aug 15, 2000

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Latin term or phrase: populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplar in arca

Sherlocock Holmes: A study in scarlet last paragraph In the mean time be like the Roman Miser- "Populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo
Ipse domi simul ac nummos contemplar in arca."

Brad Kapp

English translation:see below

Explanation:
The quotation is from Horace, Book 1, Satire 1.
"The public hisses at me, but I applaude myself in my own house, and simultaneously contemplate the money in my chest."

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Laura Gentili
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Explanation:
The quotation is from Horace, Book 1, Satire 1.
"The public hisses at me, but I applaude myself in my own house, and simultaneously contemplate the money in my chest."

Laura Gentili
Italy
Local time: 00:09
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