[Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler]@TWC D-Link bookSocial life at Rome in the Age of Cicero CHAPTER XI 42/216
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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