Siccus, sobrius est Aper: quid ad me?
Servum sic ego laudo, non amicum. Aper is abstemious, sober: what is that to me? A slave I praise so, not a friend. Apro non beve, è sobrio; e che m’importa? Questa è lode di servo, e non d’amico. |
Martial, Epigrams, Book 12, XXX
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
A dog transfers a puppy to a drier place in the Sangam area of Allahabad, India as water levels of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers increase following monsoon rains. Photo: AFP/Sanjay Kanojia.
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