1 Nam risu ineptores ineptior nullast: Nothing is more silly than a silly laugh (Catullus : Odes).
In the course of the waking day our thoughts and moods are constantly changing. They cold range from the noble to the means, from the lofty to the petty, from the compassionate to the vicious, and everything in between as well as beyond.
Sometimes we laugh at or create ridiculous or silly ideas too. ideas but the Latin poet Catullus said long, long ago, that if one laughs in a silly way – as some do – That would be the silliest of All.
Gaius Valerius (c. 84 – c. 54 BC) was a Latin poet who is still read widely. He is counted among the neoteric poets, i.e. poets who turned away from then-classical poets like Homer, and started their own legacy.
Spurts of Thought 