2007-12-20 09:09:51 · 4 answers · asked by taryn* 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis" that's in English "Lucky is the man who stays away from business"
This has become a quotation but it's a part of a longer sentence by Horace that's :
"Beatus ille, qui procul negotiis, ut prisca gens mortalium, paterna rura bubus exercet suis" that translated into English is "Lucky is the man who, away from business, like the first mortal men, ploughs the paternal fields with his own oxen".
2007-12-22 21:01:19 · answer #1 · answered by martox45 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Beatus Ille
2016-11-14 03:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Beatus ille" means "happy is the man." These are the opening words of Horace's second Epode, in which a usurer praises the charms of country life, its freedom from worry and its simplicity, but soon finds his love of money overpowering his sentiment. 'Haec ubi', etc. (See Source #1.)
For the full text of the poem, see Source #2.
2007-12-20 13:28:41 · answer #3 · answered by Edward G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-07 00:35:26 · answer #4 · answered by Cheryl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋