 But let the nobility, if they please, pursue what is delightful and dear to them; let them devote themselves to licentiousness and luxury; let them pass their age as they have passed their youth, in revelry and feasting, the slaves of gluttony and debauchery;...  Sallust, Florus, and Velleius Paterculus - Page 168de Sallust - 1881 - 538 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Gaius Sallustius Crispus - 1852 - 582 pages
...the object of the virtuous ; and that arms and armour, not household furniture, are marks of honour. But let the nobility, if they please, pursue what...slaves of gluttony and debauchery ; but let them leave the toil and dust of the field, and other such matters, to us, to whom they are more grateful than... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 580 pages
...cook higher wages than my steward ; all which charges I must, indeed, acknowledge to be just. . . . But let the nobility, if they please, pursue what...delightful and dear to them ; let them devote themselves to ... revelry and feasting, the slaves of gluttony and debauchery ; but let them leave the toil and dust... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 612 pages
...cook higher wages than my steward ; all which charges I must, indeed, acknowledge to be just. . . . But let the nobility, if they please, pursue what...delightful and dear to them ; let them devote themselves to ... revelry and feasting, the slaves of gluttony and debauchery ; but let them leave the toil and dust... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1886 - 278 pages
...cook higher wages than my steward ; all which charges I must, indeed, acknowledge to be just. . . . But let the nobility, if they please, pursue what...delightful and dear to them ; let them devote themselves to ... revelry and feasting, the slaves of gluttony and debauchery ; but let them leave the toil and dust... | |
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