Alright, who doesn't love some words of wisdom from 2000 years ago...literally...probably more like 2050 years ago?Publilius Syrus is the name. Catamites were his game. Actually I don't know if that's true, but it leads me to the word of the day.
cat·a·mite (noun): a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.
No shame though, this was a fairly common arrangement in old Rome...other areas of the Ancient world as well...Japan for instance. Once again, I don't know how Publilius went about things, but I think you will agree, he was a handsome devil.
Whatever he did, however many catamites he may or may not have had, fawning over him, bowing to his every whim, rubbing sensual oils all over his body, he wrote a lot of maxims. Oils and maxims were big back then. Here's a couple to ruminate on:
maxim (noun): a short, concise truism.
Translated from the Latin:
"It is only the ignorant who despise education."
"How happy the life unembarrassed by the cares of business!"
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