human
Amphora cœpit institui currente rotâ cur urceus _exit_?
gpt
An event as rare as the appearance of the Phœnix. Cf. Juv., Sat. vi., 165,
human
Rara avis in terris, nigroque simillima cygno. vii., 202,
gpt
Corvo quoque rarior albo.
human
Though a Stoic, and therefore holding that virtue is its own reward, I am not so stony-hearted as to shrink from all praise. Yet I deny that this idle, worthless praise can form the legitimate end and object of a wise man's aim.
gpt
The poet, as Casaubon says,
human
The ancients were not unacquainted with the use of this artificial stimulant to genius. Cf. Plin., xxv., 5,
gpt
Quondam terribile, postea tam promiscuum, ut plerique studiorum gratia ad providenda acrius quæ commentabantur sumpsitaverint.
human
«Literally
gpt
as Juv., Sat. i., 143,
human
Crudum pavonem in balnea portas. Hor., i., Ep. vi., 6,
gpt
Crudi tumidique lavemur. » ii., Ep. i., 109,
human
Pueri patresque severi fronde comas vincti cœnant et carmina dictant.
gpt
You purchase their applause by the good dinners you give them. Cf. Hor., i., Epist. xix., 37,
human
Non ego ventosæ plebis suffragia venor Impensis cœnarum et tritæ munere vestis.
gpt
Horrenti tunicam non reddere servo.
human
Ego verum amo: verum volo mihi dici: mendacem odi. Hor., A. P., 424,
gpt
Mirabor si sciet internoscere mendacem verumque beatus amicum. Tu seu donaris seu quid donare voles cui, nolito ad versus tibi factos ducere plenum lætitiæ; clamabit enim pulchre! bene! recte!
human
Dotard! this thriftless trade no more pursue. Your lines are bald, and dropsical like you!