Nuper erat medicus, nunc et vispillo Diaulus;
quod vispillo facit, fecerat et medicus. Lately was Diaulus a doctor, now he is an undertaker. What the undertaker now does the doctor too did before. Medico era testé, ed ora è becchino Diàulo; quello che fa da becchino, già lo faceva da medico. |
Martial, Epigrams, Book 1, XLVII
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
Photo elaboration by Russian fine art photographer Platon Yurich. Photo © Platon Yurich.
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