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Avienus (4th Century)
On a Quiet Life
Translation of Charles Abraham Elton
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In both I prize the quiet of content.
My mind maintains its peace, from feverish dread
Secure, and fear of crimes that sloth has bred.
Others let toilsome camps or curule chairs
Invite, and joys which vain ambition shares.
May I, my lot among the people thrown,
Live to myself, and call my time my own!