Roger Hill's brilliantly succinct history of attitudes to work excited
my admiration. However, an admoniton contrary to what he presents as the
Roman view is expressed in the verse:
Sensim sed propere fluit, irremeabilis hora
Consule ne perdas, absque labore diem.
Since I learned this seventy years ago, I have forgotten the date and
source. Perhaps Hill or someone else on the list could provide these?
(My rough translation is "Slowly but surely the irrevocable hours slip
by; be sure you do not let a day pass without work.)
Peter Fitzgerald-Moore
