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Interea dulces pendent circum oscula nati, Casta pudicitiam servat domus.
virgil— His cares are eased with intervals and bliss;
His little children, climbing for a kiss,
Welcome their father's late return at night;
His faithful bed is crown'd with chaste delight.Book II, lines 523–524 (translated by John Dryden).
Interea dulces pendent circum oscula nati, Casta pudicitiam servat domus.
— His cares are eased with intervals of bliss;
His little children, climbing for a kiss,
Welcome their father's late return at night;
His faithful bed is crown'd with chaste delight.
— Book II, lines 523–524 (translated by John Dryden).
Mores autem graves in spectaculis quis requirat? ad circum nesciunt convenire Catones. quicquid illic a gaudenti populo dicitur, iniuria non putatur. locus est qui defendit excessum. quorum garrulitas si patienter accipitur, ipsos quoque principes ornare monstratur.
— But who looks for serious conduct at the public shows? A Cato never goes to the circus. Anything said there by the people as they celebrate should be deemed no injury. It is a place that protects excesses. Patient acceptance of their chatter is a proven glory of princes themselves.
— Bk. 1, no. 27; p. 19.
