Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Asceticism

Numquam se cenasse domi Philo iurat, et hoc est:
non cenat, quotiens nemo vocavit eum.

That he ne’er sups at home, proud Philo swears:
When uninvited, he to sup forbears.

Giura Filone che mai in casa ha cenato; ed รจ vero.
Se nessuno lo invita, egli salta la cena.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 5, XLVII
English translation by James Elphinston
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

Two pairs of spinner dolphins mating in the Red Sea. Photo: Andrey Nekrasov/Barcroft Images.

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