Quem nulla ambitio, nulla umquam largitio, nullus timor, vi… - Decimus Laberius

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Quem nulla ambitio, nulla umquam largitio,
nullus timor, vis nulla, nulla auctoritas
movere potuit in iuventa de statu,
ecce in senecta ut facile labefecit loco
viri excellentis mente clemente edita
summissa placide blandiloquens oratio?

Decimus Laberius

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About Decimus Laberius

Decimus Laberius (c. 105 – 43 BC) was a Roman eques and writer of mimes (farces), known for his caustic wit.

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Alternative Names: Laberius

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Lucan Juvenal Virgil Gaius Valerius Flaccus Horace

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Ut hedera serpens vires arboreas necat,
ita me vetustas amplexu annorum enecat.
sepulcri similis nihil nisi nomen retineo.

All men cannot come out first each time. When you’ve reached the highest step on fame’s ladder, you’ll find it hard to keep your footing and fall more quickly than you rise: I fell, and so will the one who follows: fame belongs to no one man.

Necesse est multos timeat quem multi timent.

Quem nulla ambitio, nulla umquam largitio, nullus timor, vis nulla, nulla auctoritas movere potuit in iuventa de statu, ecce in senecta ut facile lab… - Decimus Laberius

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