Ut dictum est
Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi
Parvus pendetur fur, magnus abire videtur
Vulpes pilum mutat, non mores
Hinc fere libenter homines id quod volunt credunt
Damnant quod non intellegunt
Sed adversus solem ne loquitor
Astra inclinant, sed non obligant
Tempora mutantur et nos mutamur in illis
Cuiusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare
De omnibus dubitandum et nunquam obliviscar
Qui totum vult totum perdit
Nemo est supra legem
Sic semper tyrannis
Actum est tandem carmen, plaudite
Nunc est bibendum
Vale
Tyrant
It is said that
What is permitted to Jove is not permitted to an ox, and
The petty thief is hanged, while the ringleader gets off,
while the fox changes his fur, but not his habits.
Hence men often believe what they want to,
And some people condemn what they do not understand.
But do not speak of what is obviously incorrect.
The stars incline us, they do not bind us.
Times are changing, and we change in them.
Anyone can err, but only the fool persists in his flaws.
Doubt everything, and never forget.
Whoever wants all, loses all.
Nobody is above the law.
This always is the fate tyrants.
The poem is finally done, applaud!
Now is the time to drink!
Farewell
© 1973, Kenneth Koziol. All rights reserved.