Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.

Ampliat aetatis spatium sibi vir bonus. Hoc est
Vivere bis vita posse priore frui.

Martial

Epigrams

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Topic

Memories

Author

Martial

Source

Epigrams

Medium

Epigram

Language

Latin

Time

103 100s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Spain Europe

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Original Citation

Martial. Epigrams. 103, bk. 10, sect. 23.

Current Citation

Martial. Epigrams. Oxford UP, 2015, bk. 10, sect. 34.

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The traveler with nothing on him sings in the robber’s face.

Juvenal

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Traveling lightly Travel

Author

Juvenal
Source
Satires
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
Latin
Time
2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Juvenal. Satire X. 2nd century.

Current Citation

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O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

Boethius

The Consolation of Philosophy

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Love

Author

Boethius
Source
The Consolation of Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Latin
Time
523 520s 6th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus. De Consolatione Philosophiae [The Consolation of Philosophy]. 523, bk. 2, poem VIII, l. 28-30.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy. Translated by Victor Watts. Penguin, 1999, bk. 2, poem VIII, l. 28-30.