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"For my part, at all times and in all places, I have lived as though the present day were my last and would never return again"

Petronius - The Satyricon AD 60

Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros.

Fire tests gold; adversity [tests] strong men.

Seneca

Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt

Only a few prefer liberty, the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.

Sallust

procul hinc, procul este, severi!

Away from here, far awy, anyone who is prudish!

Ovid "Amores" 2.1.3

http://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/AmoresBkII.htm#_Toc520535833

Quidquid latine dictum est, profundum videtur

Whatever is said in Latin, sounds profound

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Victor Davis Hanson:

"Earlier Romans knew what it was to be Roman, why it was at least better than the alternative, and why their culture had to be defended. Later in ignorance they forgot what they knew, in pride mocked who they were, and in consequence disappeared."

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/28/arts/design/thomas-eakins-gross-clinic.html

Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these: Ovid Roman poet ( 43 BC - 17 AD

No one has asked...but my avatar is Antonius Musa, Augustus' personal physician.