It is not my way to lie to a friend and aquaintance [sic].
• Fragment of Book XXVI, quoted by Lactantius, Divine Institutes, VI, 18, 6; Warmington (1935), p. 223
• Fragment of Book XXVI, quoted by Lactantius, Divine Institutes, VI, 18, 6; Warmington (1935), p. 223
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Homini amico et familiari non est mentiri meum.
— Gaius Lucilius
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Homini amico et familiari non est mentiri meum." in the context of "It is not my way to lie to a friend and aquaintance [sic].
• Fragment of Book XXVI, quoted by Lactantius, Divine Institutes, VI, 18, 6; Warmington (1935), p. 223" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Gaius Lucilius" (Quotes: E. H. Warmington, Remains of Old Latin, vol. 3, LCL 329 (1935)
Norbert Gutterman, A Book of Latin Quotations (1966), pp. 40–42)
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About Gaius Lucilius
Gaius Lucilius (180, 168 or 148 – 103 BC) was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class, he was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania, and was a member of the Scipionic Circle.
About Gaius Lucilius
Gaius Lucilius (180, 168 or 148 – 103 BC) was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class, he was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania, and was a member of the Scipionic Circle.
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