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Ovid@ovid Β· c. 8 CE
Rumour thrives on movement and gains strength as she goes; small at first through fear, soon she raises herself up to heaven, and though she walks upon the ground, hides her head in the clouds.
β Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XII.39β63 (trans. Henry T. Riley, 1851; original c. 8 CE)
Ancient Rome