Quantum redactiones paginae "Ab ovo" differant

::non secus ac notas auditorem rapit ... (''Ars poëtica'' 146-149)

Hic resumit Horatius (sed de alia re) locutionem qua ipse in [[Satirae (Horatius)|satira]] tertia libri primi usus est; ibi enim cursum cenarum Romanarum "[[ab ovo usque ad mala]]" describit.

:''For which cause, right glad I am, that I have begun the history of myself in the way I have done; and that I am able to go on tracing every thing in it, as Horace says, ''ab Ovo''. Horace, I know, does not recommend this fashion altogether: But that gentleman is speaking only of an epic poem or a tragedy; -- (I forget which) -- besides, if it was not so, I should beg Mr. Horace's pardon; -- for in writing what I have set about, I shall confine myself neither to his rules, nor to any man's rules that ever lived.'' (''The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy'' vol. 1 cap. 4)