Tuesday, 4 November 2008

QUOTE OF THE DAY


“The spirited horse, which will try to win the race of its own accord, will run even faster if encouraged” ~ Ovid (Ancient Roman classical Poet and Author of Metamorphoses, 43 BC)

NB: The picture is a marble relief of a youth with his horse and dog. It is Roman, about AD 125. It was found at Hadrian's Villa, in Tivoli. It is now housed at the British Museum, London UK

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