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156. Necesse est. It is necessary that I go, not that I live. 



157. Pretiosa. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 



159. Inprcecipitio. On a precipice. 



E tela crassiore. Of tongher material. 



Beatius est. It is more blessed to give than to receive. 



Magni cBstimamus . We set great store upon dying late. 



Ne glorieris. Boast not of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a 



day may bring forth. 

 Opera eorum. Their works follow them. 



160. Cogita quamdiu. Consider for how long you do the same things; food, 



sleep, play in regular succession. Not only a brave or wretched or 

 prudent man may be willing to die, but even a fastidious man. 

 Vita sine proposito. An aimless life is dull and uncertain. 



161. Igneus est ollis. Of fire is the force these seeds have in them, divine is 



the soxirce of their being. 



162. Non uti. Not to enjoy that you may not desire, not to desire that you 



may not fear, are the marks of a petty and timid mind. 

 Qui spatium. [A stout heart] which deems length of days the least of 



nature's gifts. 

 165- Qucerenti derisori. Wisdom hideth herself from a scornful seeker, but 



comes easily to one who is zealous for her. 

 166. Non recipit. A fool receiveth not the words of prudence, unless you 



say what is already in his heart. 

 Infelix, utcunque. [Lucius Brutus] the hapless, [shall summon] his 



sons to their doom. 

 Aliqua sunt. Some things must be done unjustly in order that many 



things may be justly done. 

 Auctorem prcesentis. You have the author of present justice; you 



have not a surety for future justice. 

 1 67- Necesse est. We must now discuss virtue, its nature and whence it 



proceeds. For it would be practically useless to know virtue but to 



be ignorant of the ways and means of acquiring it. We have to ask 



not only what sort of thing is virtue, but also how it is bestowed. 



For we desire both to know the thing itself and also to become 



possessors of it; but this desire will not be fulfilled unless we know 



whence and how it is derived. 

 Non ita disputandi. Not so much for the sake of arguing as for the 



sake of living. 

 De partibus vita. Everyone considers the parts of life, no one con- 

 siders it as a whole. 

 Qui gravi morbo. Those who have a serious illness and feel no pain are 



mentally sick. 



168. Vincenda est omnis fortuna [Natura] ferendo. Every stroke of fate 



[Every nature] must be conquered by endurance. 



169. Jam turn tenditque. Such already was her aim and purpose. 



170. Per saltutn. By leaps, step by step. 



Benignitas hujus. His affability is like that of a very yoimg man. 



Increpa eos dure'. Rebuke them severely. 



Cretenses semper. The Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow 



bellies. 

 Sed plerumque. But the temper of kings, being inclined as a rule to 



violence, is fickle and often self contradictory. 

 Solus Vespasianus. Only Vespasian was changed for the better. 

 Qui magnam feliciUUem. Who cannot digest great good fortune. 

 DiviticB si affluant. If riches abound, set not your heart thereon. 



174. Tanquam aliud agendo. As if by doing something else. 

 Vinum dcemonum. The wine of devils. 



175. Prosperum et felix. Profitable and undetected crime is called virtue. 

 Ille crucem. One man is crucified, another is crowned, as the reward 



of crime. 



