Friday, November 2, 2018

Days Without Number

Sexte, nihil debes, nil debes, Sexte, fatemur.
Debet enim, si quis solvere, Sexte, potest.

Sextus, you keep on saying
You’re not in debt. I know.
Without the means of paying
One can’t be said to owe.

Tu non hai debiti, o Sesto; è vero, che tu non ne hai;
debiti ha, Sesto, colui che soddisfare li può.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 2, III
English translation by James Michie
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

A Van cat with different eye colours at the Van Cat Research Centre at Van Yüzüncü Yıl University in Van, Turkey. Photo: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images.

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