Monday, 14 October 2024

What Do Goats, Adulterers and Plagiarists Have In Common?

impius, imprudens, plagiarius, hircus, adulter,
rura aliena colit, sua dat sulcanda colonis.

the impious, the ignorant, the plagiarist, the goat, the adulterer,
each ploughs another’s lands, while leaving his own to be ploughed by others
G.M.A. Carrara, Sermones Objurgatorii, ed. by Giovanni Baptista Giraldi (Milan: Pergamena, 1987), p .27 [Sermo V Contra iniquos iure consultos, 52-54]. My translation.