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 <blockquote>One observation of his in the same spirit fairly caps the famous censure of **Momus**. **Momus** found fault with the divine artificer for not putting his bull’s horns in front of the eyes. Similarly, Nigrinus complained that when these men crown themselves in their banquets, they put the garlands in the wrong place; if they are so fond of the smell of violets and roses, they should tie on their garlands as close as may be under their nostrils; they could then snuff up the smell to their hearts’ content. <blockquote>One observation of his in the same spirit fairly caps the famous censure of **Momus**. **Momus** found fault with the divine artificer for not putting his bull’s horns in front of the eyes. Similarly, Nigrinus complained that when these men crown themselves in their banquets, they put the garlands in the wrong place; if they are so fond of the smell of violets and roses, they should tie on their garlands as close as may be under their nostrils; they could then snuff up the smell to their hearts’ content.
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-[[http://lucianofsamosata.info/Nigrinus.html|Source]]</blockquote>+\\ 
 +Source: The Works of Lucian of Samosata. Translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1905.</blockquote>
  
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