Utopia --- Thomas More

gibbet絞刑臺,絞架

drones懶人,游手好閒者;寄生蟲

subsist活下去,維持生活[(+on)] subsist on other men’s labour

frugality節約;樸素;節儉[U]

prodigal 非常浪費的,揮霍的

for your lords are readier to feed idle people than to take care of the sick

pestiferous傳播疾病的

SALLUST86 - 34 BCRoman Historian Sallust was a well-known Roman historian and politician, a friend of Julius Caesar who made him governor of Numdia in North Africa. Sallust made a fortune there, then he returned to Rome where he became a writer of history.
Sallust concentrated in his writings on the critical stages in the decline of the Roman republic. He treated history as more than just a chronicle of events; he stated the reasons for each event.
Major works are: 'The Jugurthine War', and 'The Cataline conspiracy'. www link : Biography

"每個人都是自己命運的建築師"

沙拉斯特 (Sallust) : (Roman historian & politician 86 BC - 34 BC) 西元前羅馬歷史學者&政治家 ;

克羅底亞斯 (Appius Claudius Caecus) 340 BC-273 BC. A Roman politician from a wealthy patrician family 西元前羅馬政治家, 生於羅馬的貴族世家

這句話, 最早由 Claudius 在一場政治演說中以拉丁文說出 " Faber est suae quisque fortunae (Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ) " 然後被 Sallust 在他的 "Speech to Caesar on the State" 中引用
extreme justice is an extreme injury:

pliable圓滑的;順從的;有適應性的

Plautus: Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 254–184 BCE), commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright. His comedies are among the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. He is also one of the earliest pioneers of musical theater. The word Plautine is used to refer to Plautus's works or works similar to or influenced by his.

Stoic斯多葛學派學者, 恬淡寡歡之人;禁慾者

Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (c. 4 BC – AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero.