Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure. — Martial
Virtue extends our days: he lives two lives who relives his past with pleasure.
In the original Latin
Ampliat aetatis spatium sibi vir bonus. Hoc est Vivere bis vita posse priore frui.
Epigrams · 103
★ 3.7Provenance
Current citation
Martial. Epigrams, translated by Gideon Nisbet. Oxford University Press, 2015, bk. 10, no. 34.
Original citation
Martial. Epigrammata [Epigrams]. c. 102 AD, bk. 10, no. 23.