ōtium, Catulle, tibi molestum est: ōtiō exsultās nimiumque gestīs. ōtium et rēgēs prius et beātās perdidit urbēs. |
‘O Catullus, you have troublesome idleness you exult in idleness, and you have too much of it. Idleness has formerly ruined both kings and blessed cities.’ | |
— Catullus, Carmen LI.13–16 |
ōtium, Catulle, tibi molestum est: ōtiō exsultās nimiumque gestīs. ōtium et rēgēs prius et beātās perdidit urbēs. |
‘O Catullus, you have troublesome idleness you exult in idleness, and you have too much of it. Idleness has formerly ruined both kings and blessed cities.’ | |
— Catullus, Carmen LI.13–16 |