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Page 23
... arguing that one should waste his money ; that is only another extreme of folly ; between the two lies the safe middle course . ' The source of our unhappiness , to answer the question with which I began , is the desire to be rich , to ...
... arguing that one should waste his money ; that is only another extreme of folly ; between the two lies the safe middle course . ' The source of our unhappiness , to answer the question with which I began , is the desire to be rich , to ...
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... argument in 52 ff . continues the thought of intra naturae finis viventi , with a side reference to ex magno acervo . 52. tantundem : ' as much as one would take from the great heap . ' haurire : properly of drawing off a liquid , used ...
... argument in 52 ff . continues the thought of intra naturae finis viventi , with a side reference to ex magno acervo . 52. tantundem : ' as much as one would take from the great heap . ' haurire : properly of drawing off a liquid , used ...
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... argument ; it repeats intra naturae finis , 49f . , and is the opposite of plenior si quos delectet , 57 . 60. turbatam , vitam amittit : these ideas merely carry the thought on into vivid details which make the folly of the de- vice ...
... argument ; it repeats intra naturae finis , 49f . , and is the opposite of plenior si quos delectet , 57 . 60. turbatam , vitam amittit : these ideas merely carry the thought on into vivid details which make the folly of the de- vice ...
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... argument ) contain in substance a reply to vss . 76–78 . The thought is , ' You are dwelling too much upon the anxieties which my money brings and are forget- ting its real benefits ; for instance , its value in a time of illness ...
... argument ) contain in substance a reply to vss . 76–78 . The thought is , ' You are dwelling too much upon the anxieties which my money brings and are forget- ting its real benefits ; for instance , its value in a time of illness ...
Page 37
... arguments on this disputed passage may be found in Palmer's edition . The decisive reason , in my judgment , for rejecting an is that it is incom- patible with the emphasis laid upon operam perdas by the com- parison which follows ...
... arguments on this disputed passage may be found in Palmer's edition . The decisive reason , in my judgment , for rejecting an is that it is incom- patible with the emphasis laid upon operam perdas by the com- parison which follows ...
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Alcaeus allusion argument Aristippus atque Augustus Brundisium Caesar Carm Catullus Cicero clause colloquial comedy contrast critics cura doctrine enim Ennius epic Epist Epod erat erit etiam expression figure frumenti Greek haec Horace Horace's humorous hunc idem illi inter ipse Latin letter literature Lucilius lyric poetry Maecenas mala meaning melius ment mihi modo multa natura neque nihil nisi nunc olim omnes omnis pater pede philosophy phrase Plautus poem poet poetry praetor pueri quae quam quia quid quis quod recte reference rerum Roman Rome saepe sapiens satire satis Satyr play Scholiast sense sermon sibi sine slave Stertinius Stoic story style Suetonius sunt tamen thought tibi Tibullus tion tone ultro Venusia verb verba Vergil verse verum vitae wine words writing
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Page 39 - Est modus in rebus, sunt certi denique fines, Quos ultra citraque nequit consistere rectum.
Page 171 - Caetera qui vitae servaret munia recto More, bonus sane vicinus, amabilis hospes, Comis in uxorem, posset qui ignoscere servis Et signo laeso non...
Page 40 - Tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro Dignus honos; squalent abductis arva colonis, Et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum ; Vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes 510 Arma ferunt ; saevit toto Mars impius orbe : Ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia, et frustra retinacula tendens Fertur equis auriga, neque audit currus habenas.
Page 183 - HIIMANO capiti cervicem pictor equinam Jungere si velit, et varias inducere plumas Undique collatis membris, ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne, Spectatum admissi risum teneatis, amici...
Page 185 - ... inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter adsuitur pannus, cum lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros, aut flumen Rhenum aut pluvius describitur arcus. sed nunc non erat his locus. et fortasse cupressum з8o Q.
Page 225 - Pythia cantat 415 tibicen, didicit prius extimuitque magistrum. nunc satis est dixisse 'ego mira poemata pango ; occupet extremum scabies ; mihi turpe relinqui est et quod non didici sane nescire fateri'.
Page 75 - ... agedum, pauca accipe contra. primum ego me illorum dederim quibus esse poetas excerpam numero: neque enim concludere versum 40 dixeris esse satis; neque si qui scribat uti nos sermoni propiora, putes hunc esse poetam, ingenium cui sit, cui mens divinior atque os magna sonaturum, des nominis huius honorem.
Page 26 - De te pendentis, te respicientis amici. 105 Ad summam : sapiens uno minor est Jove, dives, Liber, honoratus, pulcher, rex denique regum, Praecipue sanus, nisi cum pituita molesta est. EPISTOLA II. TROJANI belli scriptorem, maxime Lolli, Dum tu declamas Romae, Praeneste relegi, Qui, quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non, Planius ac melius Chrysippo et Crantore dicit.
Page 167 - Quid ferai et quare sibi nectat uterque coronam. Caedimur et totidem plagis consumimus hostem Lento Samnites ad lumina prima duello. Discedo Alcaeus puncto illius ; ille meo quis ? Quis nisi Callimachus ? Si plus adposcere visus, Fit Mimnermus, et optivo cognomine crescit.
Page 214 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.