Living
Epigram CX. — The Same
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1919–21) · From Book XIX. — Epigrams of Ausonius on Various Matters
Living
No good man is a Briton. If he should begin to be plain Silvius, let the plain man cease to be good.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram CX. — The Same.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/307/.
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Ausonius, Decimus Magnus. “Epigram CX. — The Same.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ausonius/307/.
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