Thursday, February 6, 2020

What yes and what not

Nescio tam multis quid scribas, Fauste, puellis:
hoc scio, quod scribit nulla puella tibi.

I don’t know what you write, Faustus, to so many girls:
This I know, what no girl writes to you.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 11, LXIV
English translation by Walter C. A. Ker

An iguana shows its claw at the reptile sanctuary and zoo in Rheinberg, Germany. Photo: Martin Meissner/AP.

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