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Besides this, in the same work of Cato, I recall also these scattered and cursory remarks: p. 83, 1, Jordan. It was the custom, says he, to dress becomingly in the forum, at home to cover their nakedness. They paid more for horses than for cooks. The poetic art was not esteemed. If anyone devoted himself to it, or frequented banquets, he was called a 'ruffian.' This sentiment too, of conspicuous truthfulness, is to be found in the same work: Id., p. 83, 5. Indeed, human life is very like iron. If you use it, it wears out; if you do not, it is nevertheless consumed by rust. In the same way we see men worn out by toil; if you toil not, sluggishness and torpor are more injurious than toil.
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The nature and degree of the variety of usage in the particle pro; and some examples of the differences.
