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We know this to be all nonsense. - [Proverbs] What quick wit is found in sudden straits! - [Wit] Who called thee vicious was a lying elf; thou art not vicious, for thou art vice itself. - [Vice] Wine and women bring misery. - [Proverbs] Wish to be what you are, and wish for no other position. - [Proverbs] You may envy every one, but no one envies you. - [Proverbs] You see those fish before you, a beautiful example of the sculpture of Phidias; give them water, and they will swim. - [Epigrams] You should not fear, nor yet should you wish for your last day. - [Death] You utter all sorts of falsehoods, Pontilianus; I assent to them. You recite bad verses; I praise them. You sing; I do the same. You drink, Pontilianus; I drink also. You are rude; I pretend not to perceive it. You wish to play at chess; I allow myself to be beaten. There is one thing only which you do without me, and I hold my tongue on the subject. Yet you never make me the slightest present. "When I die," say you, "I shall remember you handsomely." I do not look for anything; but die. - [Epigrams] You wonder that Marius' ear smells' unpleasantly. You are the cause of this, Nestor; you whisper into it. - [Epigrams] Remember, cobbler, to keep to your leather. [Lat., Memento, in pellicula, cerdo, tenere tuo.] - 3, 16, 6 [Shoemaking] I, a parrot, am taught by you the names of others: I have learned of myself to say, "Hail! Caesar!" - bk. XIV, ep. 73 [Names] There are many different voice and languages; but there is but one voice of the peoples when you are declared to be the true "Father of your country." [Lat., Vox diversa sonat: populorum est vox tamen una, Cum verus Patriae diceris esse Pater.] - De Spectaculis (III, 11) [Patriotism] Whoever is not too wise is wise. [Lat., Quisquis plus justo non sapit, ille sapit.] - Epigrammata (XIV, 10, 2) [Wisdom] I am a shell-fish just come from being saturated with the waters of the Lucrine lake, near Baiae; but now I luxuriously thrust for noble pickle. - Epigrams (bk. 13, ep. 82) [Eating] Joys do not stay, but take wing and fly away. [Lat., Gaudia non remanent, sed fugitiva volant.] - Epigrams (bk. I, 16, 8) [Joy] You complain, Velox, that the epigrams which I write are long. You yourself write nothing; your attempts are shorter. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 110) [Epigrams] Report says that you, Fidentinus, recite my compositions in public as if they were your own. If you allow them to be called mine, I will send you my verses gratis; if you wish them to be called yours, pray buy them, that they may be mine no longer. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 29) [Epigrams] The book which you are reading aloud is mine, Fidentinus; but, while you read it so badly, it begins to be yours. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 38) [Epigrams] Diaulus, lately a doctor, is now an undertaker' what he does as an undertaker, he used to do also as a doctor. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 47) [Undertakers] My books need no one to accuse or judge you: the page which is yours stands up against you and says, "You are a thief." - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 53) [Plagiarism] You are pretty,--we know it; and young,--it is true; and rich,-- who can deny it? But when you praise yourself extravagantly, Fabulla, you appear neither rich, nor pretty, nor young. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 64) [Epigrams] "You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me, Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Choerilus, is indeed a free speaker. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 67) [Epigrams] He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 75) [Borrowing] You do not publish your own verse, Laelius; you criticise mine. Pray cease to criticise mine, or else publish your own. - Epigrams (bk. I, ep. 91) [Authorship] Displaying page 3 of 7 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7
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