dicere solebat vir litteratus atque ob ingenii merita quaestorius, partium certe bonarum pars magna, Fulgentius, ore se ex eius frequenter audisse, cum perosus pondus imperii veterem securitatem desideraret: felicem te, Damocles, qui non uno longius prandio regni necessitatem toleravisti.
A man of culture who reached the rank of quaestor by virtue of his talents and who himself played a leading part in the good party (his name is Fulgentius) used to say that he had often heard from the mans very lips, when he was disgusted with the weight of empire and longed for the old tranquillity, the cry: Happy you, Damocles, who had not to submit to the obligation of kingship for more than the duration of a single meal!
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