Living
Epigram XVI. — From the Greek
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
"Favours slow-footed are unfavoured favours." Favours which tarry meet small favour. For a favour when it hastes to be performed, is a favour more favoured.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XVI. — From the Greek.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/219/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram XVI. — From the Greek.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/219/.
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