# Quote — Virgil, The Eclogues

> Ye who cull flowers and low-growing strawberries, away from here, lads; a chill snake lurks in the grass.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Eclogues](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-eclogues.md)
- Original (la): Qui legitis flores et humi nascentia fraga, / frigidus—o pueri, fugite hinc—latet anguis in herba.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eclogues) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-eclogues/ye-who-cull

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