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Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero

CHAPTER XI
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All foreign travel is humble and lowly for those that can work for the greatness of Rome.
Page 247, footnote 1.

_Frequens_, etc.: constant change of abode is a sign of unstable mind.
Page 248, l.12._contentio_, etc.: not a straining of the mind, but a relaxation.
Page 259, l.12._locus_, etc.: a pleasant site, on the sea itself, and can be seen from Antium and Circeii.
Page 265, footnote 3.

_Ut illum_, etc.: may the gods confound him who first invented the hours, and who first placed a sundial in this city.
Pity on me! They have cut up my day in compartments.

Once when I was a boy my stomach was my clock, and it was much more fitting and reliable; it never failed to warn me except when there was nothing; now, even when there is something, there is no eating unless it so please the sun.

For the whole city is full of sun-dials, and most of the people crawl on in need of food and drink.
Page 269, footnote 1.


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