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sophia
is on page 143 of 252
oh virro… peius quam tu nemo facit
“Poor little household gods, / whom I supplicate with a pinch of incense or barley meal, / or a tiny garland — when while I ever lay by enough / to insure my old age against the indigent beggar’s / bed-roll and crutch?”
— Feb 19, 2026 11:48AM
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“Poor little household gods, / whom I supplicate with a pinch of incense or barley meal, / or a tiny garland — when while I ever lay by enough / to insure my old age against the indigent beggar’s / bed-roll and crutch?”
sophia
is on page 121 of 252
juvenal needs to have a looooong talk with boccaccio
“I detest / the sort who are always thumbing — and citing — some standard grammar, / whose every utterance follows the laws of syntax, / who with antiquarian zeal quote poets I’ve never heard of: / such matters are men’s concern.”
— Feb 18, 2026 10:01AM
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“I detest / the sort who are always thumbing — and citing — some standard grammar, / whose every utterance follows the laws of syntax, / who with antiquarian zeal quote poets I’ve never heard of: / such matters are men’s concern.”