Tuesday, July 24, 2018

The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

“Liber homo es nimium”, dicis mihi, Ceryle, semper.
In te qui dicit, Ceryle, liber homo est?

“You’re too free a man”, you are always saying to me, Cerylus.
In your case, Cerylus, who says “you’re a free man”?

Martial, Epigrams, Book 1, LXVII
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker

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