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Sulpicius Lupercus Servastus Quotes

Sulpicius Lupercus Servastus (or Servasius; fl. c. 4th century AD or later) was a Latin poet. Two poems are extant; an elegy, De Cupiditate ('On Avarice'), in forty-two lines, and a sapphic ode, De Vetustate ('The Work of Time'), in twelve lines.

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They are beggared of Latin style, and their confused jargon minces ridiculous words to an accompaniment of shocking sounds.

Alas for the baleful poverty of the miser who is never rich! His desire for a limitless heap of what he holds makes him a beggar.

Heu misera in nimios hominum petulantia census!

Each thing our parent Nature hath created,
How firm soever, Time will see it waste, and
By a long usage, feeble grown and fragile,
Fall into ruin.

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