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