The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Cogit me Titus actitare causas et dicit mihi saepe “Magna res est”. Res magna est, Tite, quam facit colonus. Titus urged me to plead causes, And often says to me: “There is fine profit”. But the “fine profit” of a farm, Titus, is the work of the farmer.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 1, XVII
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker

Mandarin Patinkin, the superstar mandarin duck named after actor Mandy Patinkin, swims in Central Park as warmer than normal temperatures hit New York City, United States. Photo: AFP/Timothy A. Clary.