Caecilius Statius

Statius Caecilius, also known as Caecilius Statius (c. 220 – c. 166 BC), was a Celtic Roman comic poet. Quotes Tum in senectute hoc deputo miserrimum,Sentire ea aetate eumpse esse odiosum alteri. And then this is what I think is the wretchedest thing in old age—when a man feels that at that time of life he himself is an object of loathing to his neighbour. Ephesio, fragment 1, as quoted by Nonius, 1, 2 Cp. Cicero, De Senectute, 8, 25 Facile aerumnam ferre possum, si inde abest iniuria:Etiam iniuriam, nisi contra constat contumelia. Men can easily bear hardship if there is no injury with it; and they can bear even an injury, unless they have to face insults also. Fallacia ('The Fraud'), fragment 4; as quoted by Nonius, 430, 10 Hi sunt inimici pessumi fronte hilaro corde tristi. For the worst of foes are those that have bright faces, gloomy hearts. Hypobolimaeus ('The Changeling'), fragment 5; as quoted by Gellius, XV, 9, 1 Cp. Nonius, 205, 1–2 Placere occepit graviter, post quam emortuast. She began to please me mightily after she was dead and gone. Plocium ('The Little Necklace'), fragment 3; as quoted by Nonius, 314, 21 Edepol, senectus, si nil quicquam aliud vitiAdportes tecum, cum advenis, unum id sat est,Quod diu vivendo multa quae non volt videt. Ah! By heaven, Old Age, if there's no other mischief which you bring with you when you come—well—this one's quite enough—that a man by living long sees many things he doesn't want. Plocium, fragment 9; as quoted by Cicero, De Senectute, 8, 25 Cp. Nonius, 247, 4 (Caecilius Plocio); with edepol cp. egad Vivas ut possis, quando nec quis ut velis. Live as you may, since you can't as you'd like. Plocium, fragment 11; as quoted by Donatus, Commentum ad Andriam Terenti, IV, 5, 10 Serit arbores, quae saeclo prosint alteri. He sows the seed of trees that they may be a profit to another age. Synephebi ('Comrades in Youth'), fragment 2; as quoted by Cicero, De Senectute, 7, 24 Cf. Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, I, 14, 31 Eugene S. McCartney, "Arbores Quae Alteri Saeculo Prosint", The Classical Journal, vol. 41, no. 2 (1945), pp. 75–78 In civitate fiunt facinora capitalia:Nam ab amico amante argentum accipere meretrix noenu volt. Capital crimes are being committed in this State; for there's a whore who doesn't want to take money from a love-sick sweetheart. Synephebi, fragment 3; as quoted by Cicero, De Natura Deorum, I, 6, 13 Deum qui non summum putetAut stultum aut rerum esse inperitum existumem.Cui in manu sit, quern esse dementem velit,Quem sapere, quern insanire, quem in morbum inici. The man who does not believe that Love is the greatest of gods, I should think he's either a fool or else untried in worldly affairs. It is in his power to make mad whom he will, to make him wise or crazed, or cast him straight into disease. Ex incertis fabulis, 15; as quoted by Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, IV, 32, 68 Homo homini deus est, si suum officium sciat. Man to man is a god if he knows his job. Ex incertis fabulis, 16; as quoted by Symmachus, Epistulae, IX, 114 Translations E. H. Warmington, Remains of Old Latin I: Ennius and Caecilius, LCL 294 (1935) Norbert Guterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (New York: Anchor Books, 1966), pp. 30–33 External links Category:Poets from Rome