non si Pegaseo vecteris in are dorso, nec tibi si Persei moverit ala pedes; vel si te sectae rapiant talaribus aurae, nil tibi Mercurii proderit alta via.
Not though you were to fly through the air on the back of Pegasus, or the pinions of Perseus were to move your feet; nor, if the cloven breezes were to sweep you along on winged sandals, would the lofty path of Mercury profit you at all.
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