35 BC

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How comes it, Maecenas, that no man living is content with the lot that either his choice has given him, or chance has thrown in his way, but each has praise for those who follow other paths?

Horace

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Topic

Envy

Author

Horace

Source

Satires (Horace)

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

35 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Horace. Saturae [Satires]. c. 35 BC, bk. 1.

Current Citation

Horace. "Satires." Satires and Epistles, translated by John Davie. Oxford University Press, 2011, bk. 1.