The Wonders of Pompeii by Marc Monnier
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A learned man, or a philosopher:
"Non est exsilium ex patria sapientibus." A complaining suitor: "Sara non belle facis. Solum me relinquis, Debilis...." A wrangler and disputant threatening the other party with a law-suit: "Somius _Corneilio_ (Cornelio) jus _pendre_ (perendie?)" A sceptic who cherishes no illusions as to the mode of administering justice: "Quod pretium legi?" A censor, perhaps a Christian, who knew the words addressed by the Jews to the blind man who was cured: "Pyrrhus Getae conlegae salutem. Moleste fero quod audivi te mortuom (sic). Itaque vale." A jovial wine bibber: "Suavis vinari sitit, rogo vas valde sitit."[B] |
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