Saturday, December 09, 2017
Motto for a Curmudgeon
Dear Mike,
"extra iocum moneo te, quod pertinere ad beate vivendum arbitror, ut cum viris bonis, iucundis, amantibus tui vivas. nihil est aptius vitae, nihil ad beate vivendum accommodatius."
This from a man who, equally 'extra iocum' writes to Atticus: "odi enim celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum." Perhaps he was just having a bad day.
Come to think of it, not a bad motto for a curmudgeon:
Best wishes,
Eric [Thomson]
In D.R. Shackleton Bailey's translation (Cicero, Letters to Atticus 3.7.1):
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"extra iocum moneo te, quod pertinere ad beate vivendum arbitror, ut cum viris bonis, iucundis, amantibus tui vivas. nihil est aptius vitae, nihil ad beate vivendum accommodatius."
This from a man who, equally 'extra iocum' writes to Atticus: "odi enim celebritatem, fugio homines, lucem aspicere vix possum." Perhaps he was just having a bad day.
Come to think of it, not a bad motto for a curmudgeon:
ODI CELEBRITATEM, FVGIO HOMINES,
LVCEM ASPICERE VIX POSSVM.
LVCEM ASPICERE VIX POSSVM.
Best wishes,
Eric [Thomson]
In D.R. Shackleton Bailey's translation (Cicero, Letters to Atticus 3.7.1):
I hate crowds and shun my fellow creatures, I can hardly bear the light of day.
