Parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus.
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The mountains will be in labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be brought forth.
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Horace is hereby poking fun at heroic labours producing meager results; his line is also an allusion to one of ?sop's fables, The Mountain in Labour. The title to Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing expresses a similar sentiment.
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Cessi et sublato montes genitore petivi.
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