Memento

Laxior hexaphoris tua sit lectica licebit: cum tamen haec tua sit, Zoile, sandapila est. Your litter may be roomier than one borne by six; But, seeing that it is yours, Zoilus, It is a pauper’s bier.

Martial, Book 2, Epigrams, LXXXI
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker

Anonymous, Bauhaus student in a mask from the Triadic Ballet (circa 1927). Photo © Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.