Sat I:127-146 The Reward of Greed

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Created on: 01-04-20 17:47

Ipse dies pulchro distinguitur ordine rerum:

The very day is distinguished by splendid things:

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sportula, deinde forum iurisque peritus Apollo atque triumphales, inter quas ausus habere nescio quis titulos Aegyptius atque Arabarches, cuius ad effigiem non tantum meiere fas est.

The handout, then the Forum, Apollo expert in law, And the insignia, among which some customs-man Out of Egypt, a nobody, dares to display his titles, On whose statue it’s fine to take not merely a ****.

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vestibulis abeunt veteres lassique clientes votaque deponunt, quamquam longissima cenae spes homini; caulis miseris atque ignis emendus.

Aged and weary his clients abandon the forecourts, Relinquish their aims; since the hope of eating lasts Longest in man, they must buy firewood and greens.

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optima silvarum interea pelagique vorabit rex horum, vacuisque toris cantum ipse iacebit

Meanwhile his lordship is dining on all of the best Produce of forest and sea, himself, amid empty couches.

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nam de tot pulchris et latis orbibus et tam antiquis una comedunt patrimonia mensa, nullus iam parasitus erit. sed quis ferat istas luxuriae sordes?

Now at their table, one of those lovely large round Antique ones, these people consume a whole fortune. Soon there’ll be no parasites left. Who can bear Such vulgar luxury?

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quanta est gula quae sibi totos ponit apros, animal propter convivia natum!

What a monstrous maw that feeds On a whole wild boar, a creature that’s fit for a banquet!

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poena tamen praesens, cum tu deponis amictus turgidus et crudum pavonem in balnea portas, hinc subitae mortes atque intestata senectus;

There’s swift punishment though, when bloated you doff Your cloak, and go for a bath, with a part-digested peacock Inside. Then for the old it’s death, intestate and sudden.

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it nova nec tristis per cunctas fabula cenas: ducitur iratis plaudendum funus amicis.

The news is passed round at dinner, with never a tear; And the funeral’s performed to the cheers of irate friends.

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sportula, deinde forum iurisque peritus Apollo atque triumphales, inter quas ausus habere nescio quis titulos Aegyptius atque Arabarches, cuius ad effigiem non tantum meiere fas est.

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vestibulis abeunt veteres lassique clientes votaque deponunt, quamquam longissima cenae spes homini; caulis miseris atque ignis emendus.

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optima silvarum interea pelagique vorabit rex horum, vacuisque toris cantum ipse iacebit

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Card 5

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nam de tot pulchris et latis orbibus et tam antiquis una comedunt patrimonia mensa, nullus iam parasitus erit. sed quis ferat istas luxuriae sordes?

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Sat I:127-146 The Reward of Greed