March 18th, 2023 Latin of the Day - "Emas, non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: quod non opus est, asse carum est."
"Emas, non quod opus est, sed quod necesse est: quod non opus est, asse carum est."
"But not what you need, but what is absolutely necessary: what you do not need, that is expensive at any price [literally at one as, the Roman coin of least value]."
~ Marcus Porcius Cato Maior, quoted by Lucius Annaeus Seneca in Epistulae, XCIV, 28
a.d. XV Kalendas Apriles anno A.U.C. MMDCCLXXVI
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