"Non possunt primi esse omnes omni in tempore. summum ad gradum cum claritatis veneris, consistes aegre et citius quam ascendas cades. cecidi ego, cadet qui sequitur: laus est publica."
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Other translations:None the first place for ever can retain— But, ever as the topmost round you gain, Painful your station there and swift your fall. I fell—the next who wins with equal pain The slippery height, falls too—pride lifts, and lowers all. —William Bodham Donne, in William Smith, ed., ', Vol. 2 (London, 1850), p. 695
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Decimus Laberius
Decimus Laberius (c. 105 – 43 BC) was a Roman eques and writer of mimes (farces), known for his caustic wit.
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