Social Commentaries
Book II, Epigram 24 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
"Should unkind Fortune give you the sad lot of one accused, in squalid guise will I cling to you, paler than the accused. Should she bid you, a condemned man, to leave your fatherland, over seas, over rocks will I go, companion of the exile." She gives you wealth; does that belong to two? Do you give half? "'Tis much." Candidus, do you give something? My comrade then you will be in trouble; but let the god smile with sunny face, Candidus, your good luck you will enjoy alone.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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