Useless quote for 10 Sep:

"Rich men, Auctus, think of anger as a sort of money-making: hating comes cheaper than giving."

~ Martial, Epigrams XII.13, c. 101 AD

Happiness is a Hot Potato, best passed on quickly without responsibility.

This is a wonderfully pragmatic approach to the language wrangling that writers have to do! Putting it into the mouths of some characters makes it even better.
#epigram #epigrams #epigraph #epigraphs #adriantchaikovsky #cityoflastchances #books #bookstodon @bookstodon

Here’s a typically sour but perceptive Wrey Gardiner quote. Almost every sentence in that book is an epigraph!
#books #writing #memoir #epigram #epigrams #epigraph #poetry #bookstodon @bookstodon

Tisana calda, maglione.
Sul balcone a guardare l'eruzione.

Hello fellow mastodonians. I'm an art historian teaching at a small liberal arts college. My interests include #ancient #greek #roman #Byzantine and #islamic #art. My research focuses on text and image relationships in #byzantium, including #ekphrasis, #epigrams, and #epigraphy. I'm working on a book on middle Byzantine #relics and #reliquaries through the lens of #inscriptions. #introduction #arthistory

the asses of parnassus published my cheery epigram about eternal torment. wit! #poetry #epigrams #hell

Nor Am I Out Of It
The dead will all go down to hell
The living swelter there as well.
Though for the joy of punishment
The living pay a higher rent.