Sir, – Here are a few Latin tags for Olli Rehn to ponder, less trite than his “Pacta sunt servanda” (Front page, March 14th).
He should recall his Horace, no doubt: virtus post nummos (virtue after money); quicquid delirant reges plectuntur Achivi (whatever madness possesses the chiefs, it is the common people of the Achaeans who suffer). Here’s one in Hiberno-English: “Beware quoting classical literature to the Irish”. – Yours, etc,