AD LEUCONOEN br br Horace: Book I, Ode 13. br br 'Tu ne quoesieris, scire nefas-' br br br It is not right for you to know, so do not ask, br Leuconoe, br How long a life the gods may give or ever we br are gone away; br Try not to read the Final Page, the ending br colophonian, br Trust not the gypsy's tea-leaves, nor the br prophets Babylonian. br Better to have what is to come enshrouded br in obscurity br Than to be certain of the sort and length of br our futurity. br Why, even as I monologue on wisdom and br longevity br How Time has flown! Spear some of it! br The longest life is brevity.br br Franklin P.