“It is certain that satirical poems were common at Rome from a very early period. The rustics, who lived at a distance from the seat of government, and took little part in the strife of factions, gave vent to their petty local animosities in coarse Fescennine verse.” LittlesGovernmentCertainCommonPeriodsDistanceLocalsSeatsSatireRomeVersesStrifePettyFactionsSatiricalAnimosityCoarse Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“Long ago it was said that 'one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.' That was true then. It did not know because it did not care. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate, of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat.” KnowsWorldLittlesLongDoeSaidCareAbleHalfKnow HowStruggleFateSeatsLong AgoOther HalfOne HalfHalf Life Book:How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York Source: How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York