“Non fumum ex fulgore, sed ex fumo dare lucem Cogitat, et speciosa dehinc miracula promat.” —Horace.
The quote is from The Odyssey. I'm not going to pretend that I knew that without looking it up.
He does not lavish at a blaze his fire,
Sudden to glare and in a smoke expire;
But from a cloud of smoke he breaks to light,
And pours his specious miracles to sight.
