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Brewer's: Babylonian Numbers
Ne Babylonios tentaris numeros. Do not pry into futurity by astrological calculations and horoscopes. Do not consult fortunetellers. The Chaldæans were the most noted of astrologers. ( Horace: Odes, book i. xi. 2.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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