odi profanum vulgus et arceo

Latin quotation from Horace

odi pro·fa·num vul·gus et ar·ceo ˈō-ˌdē-prō-ˈfä-nu̇m-ˈvu̇l-gu̇s-et-är-ˈkā-ō

: I hate the common masses and avoid them

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