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
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker
Artwork © José C. Hernández-Ruíz (@j.c.art)
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