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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 156
Passage 156 of 334
Canonical reference 156
Latin
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tum Brutus: Ita prorsus, inquit, et antea putabam - audivi enim nuper eum studiose et frequenter Sami, cum ex eo ius nostrum pontificium, qua ex parte cum iure civili coniunctum esset, vellem cognoscere - et nunc meum iudicium multo magis confirmo testimonio et iudicio tuo; simul illud gaudeo, quod et aequalitas vestra et pares honorum gradus et artium studiorumque quasi finitima vicinitas tantum abest ab obtrectatione et invidia, quae solet lacerare plerosque, uti ea non modo non exulcerare vestram gratiam sed etiam conciliare videatur. Quali enim te erga ilium perspicio, tali ilium in te voluntate iudicioque cognovi.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Then Brutus said: "Exactly so. I thought this before, for I recently heard him attentively and often on Samos when I wished to learn from him that part of our pontifical law which was connected with civil law. Now your testimony and judgment confirm my opinion much more strongly. At the same time I rejoice that your equality in age, your equal stages of public honour, and the close, almost adjoining relationship of your arts and studies are so far from the disparagement and envy that usually tear most men apart that these things seem not merely not to have embittered your friendship but even to have strengthened it. For the disposition I perceive in you toward him is matched by the disposition and judgment toward you that I found in him."
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Alors Brutus dit: «C’est précisément ce que je pensais déjà. Je l’ai récemment entendu avec attention et à plusieurs reprises à Samos, lorsque je voulais apprendre de lui notre droit pontifical dans la mesure où il se rattache au droit civil. À présent, ton témoignage et ton jugement confirment bien davantage mon opinion. Je me réjouis en même temps que votre égalité d’âge, la parité de vos carrières et la proximité, pour ainsi dire limitrophe, de vos arts et de vos études soient si loin de susciter le dénigrement et la jalousie, qui déchirent d’ordinaire la plupart des hommes, qu’elles paraissent non seulement ne pas blesser votre amitié, mais même la resserrer. Telle est, je le vois, ta disposition envers lui; telle aussi ai-je reconnu sa bienveillance et son estime envers toi.»
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