Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Night Thoughts

Poto ego sextantes, tu potas, Cinna, deunces:
et quereris quod non, Cinna, bibamus idem?

I drink cups containing two measures;
You, Cinna, drink cups holding eleven.
And do you then complain, Cinna,
That we don’t drink the same wine?

Martial, Epigrams, Book 12, XXVIII
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker

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