Thursday, January 2, 2014

第二人生 (Second Life)

Oplomachus nunc es, fueras ophtalmicus ante.
Fecisti medicus quod facis oplomachus.

You are a gladiator now, you were formerly an eye doctor.
You did as a doctor what you do as a gladiator.

Il gladiatore ora fai; un tempo, tu fosti oculista.
Da medico facevi quel che nel circo fai.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 8, XXVII

English translation by Holden Caulfield
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

Photo: Emmegreca

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