“Per agrum hominis pigri transivi, et per vineam viri stulti :”
“I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
“I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.”
“I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
“I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;”
Man. Those who neglected their land were despised. (Calmet) — The ancient Romans esteemed agriculture as a most laudible and profitable employment. (Cato, Rust. i.; Cicero, Off. i.)