Never Look Back

Semper cum mihi diceretur esse secreto mea Polla cum cinaedo, inrupi, Lupe. Non erat cinaedus. The current rumor would indict My Polla and a sodomite. I caught them. Rumor wasn’t right. A me si raccontava che la Polla mia sovente si appartava con un culattone. Un dì faccio irruzione e aguzzo l’occhio: altro che finocchio!

Martial, Epigrams, Book 10, XL
English translation by R. L. Barth
Italian translation by Franco Zagato

Artwork © Matthias-Haker

Moral insolvency

Sexte, nihil debes, nil debes, Sexte, fatemur.       Debet enim, si quis solvere, Sexte, potest. You are not debtor, one and all we say,       He only owes, who has the power to pay. Tu non hai debiti, o Sesto; è vero, che tu non ne hai;       debiti ha, Sesto, colui che soddisfare li può.

Martial, Epigrams, Book 2, III
English translation by A. L. Francis, M.A. and H. F. Tatum, M.A.
Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini

Artwork © wetcanvas

Yes or No

Artwork © vladstudio

人要改变，不外乎两个原因：不是开窍了，就是心碎了。 Rén yào gǎibiàn, bù wài hū liǎng gè yuányīn: bùshì kāiqiàole, jiùshì xīn suìle. People change for two main reasons: either their minds have been opened or their minds have been broken.

Working poor

Artwork © Art2mys

天助自助者。
Tiānzhù zìzhù zhě.
God helps those who help themselves.
Aiutati che Dio t’aiuta.

Checkpoint C

Artwork © billelis

如果你不去问，那么答案永远是“不”。
Rúguǒ nǐ bù qù wèn, nàme dá’àn yǒngyuǎn shì “bù”.
If you don’t ask, the answer is always “no”.

Economics of Christmas

Artwork © Kat Haynes

拥有是失去的开始。
Yǒngyǒu shì shīqù de kāishǐ.
Owning is the beginning of losing.

Letter to the editor

“Dry”
Artwork © Iulia Ungureanu

做一个好人，但别为了证明自己是个好人而浪费时间。
Zuò yīgè hǎorén, dàn bié wèile zhèngmíng zìjǐ shìgè hǎorén ér làngfèi shíjiān.
Be a good person but don’t waste time to prove it.

Continuum

“A Storm in Heaven”
Artwork © Iulia Ungureanu

美丽的心灵激励他人。
Měilì de xīnlíng jīlì tārén.
Beautiful minds inspire others.

冬天的故事 (The Winter’s Tale)

Artwork: moonywolf

奇迹从艰难而生。
Qíjī cóng jiānnán ér shēng.
Out of difficulties grow miracles.

The Future

劉勃麟 (Liú Bólín), “The Future”, 2015
© Klein Sun Gallery

预测未来最棒的方式就是创造它。 Yùcè wèilái zuì bàng de fāngshì jiùshì chuàngzào tā. The best way to predict the future is to invent it. 艾伦·凯 (Alan Curtis Kay)

Imponderabilia

Artwork: monokowalla

主动是不用别人讲就做对的事。
Zhǔdòng shì bùyòng biérén jiǎng jiù zuò duì de shì.
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

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Artwork: NikolasBrummer

权利不是别人给你的，而是没有人可以从你身上拿走的东西。 Quánlì bùshì biérén gěi nǐ de, ér shì méiyǒu rén kěyǐ cóng nǐ shēnshang ná zǒu de dōngxī. A right is not what someone gives you, it’s what no one can take away from you.

Higher and Higher

Artwork: Pawssou

世界上对勇气的最大考验是忍受失败而不丧失信心。
Shìjiè shàng duì yǒngqì de zuìdà kǎoyàn shì rěnshòu shībài ér bù sàngshī xìnxīn.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

Let It Be

Artwork: oO-rein-Oo

接受它已是什么，忘记它过去曾是什么。
Jiēshòu tā yǐ shì shénme, wàngjì tā guòqù céng shì shénme.
Accept what is, and forget what was.

忽然囉囉攣

Artwork: lomatic

每个挫折就是一个机遇。
Měi gè cuòzhé jiùshì yīgè jīyù.
Every setback is an opportunity.

Packing list

Artwork: wiccimm

别抱怨任何事物，不然你将会不愿意有所改变。
Bié bàoyuàn rènhé shìwù, bùrán nǐ jiāng huì bù yuànyì yǒu suǒ gǎibiàn.
Don’t complain about things you are not willing to change.

Ashamed

Artwork: becsketch

AD PAULAM Moechus erat: poteras tamen hoc tu, Paula, negare.      Ecce vir est: numquid, Paula, negare potes? A PAOLA Era il tuo drudo, ma allora potevi dir, Paola, che no.      Ecco è il tuo sposo: Paola, dirai ancora che no? TO PAULA He was your lover; yet this, Paula, you once could deny.      Behold, he is your husband; can you deny it now? 给保拉 以前他是你的情夫，但是保拉你可以说他不是。      现在他是你的丈夫：保拉你能说他不是吗？

Martial, Epigrams, Book 1, LXXIV

Italian translation by Giuseppe Lipparini
English translation by Laura Van Abbema
Chinese translation by 孔子 (Confucius)

Midnight Train

Artwork: monkeypharmacy

“To escape from horror bury yourself in it”. Jean Genet

黑洞表面

Artwork: Eisblume

够了吧你！
Gòule ba nǐ!
It’s enough!

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