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Cicero
Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 251
Passage 251 of 334
Canonical reference 251
Latin
perseus-cicero-brutus-lat
Hic ego: Etsi, inquam, de optimi viri nobisque amicissimi laudibus libenter audio, tamen incurro in memoriam communium miseriarum, quarum oblivionem quaerens hunc ipsum sermonem produxi longius. Sed de Caesare cupio audire quid tandem Atticus iudicet. et ille: Praeclare, inquit, tibi constas, ut de eis qui nunc sint nihil velis ipse dicere; et hercule si sic ageres, ut de eis egisti qui iam mortui sunt, neminem ut praetermitteres: ne tu in multos Autronios et Staienos incurreres. Qua re sive hanc turbam effugere voluisti sive veritus es ne quis se aut praeteritum aut non satis laudatum queri posset, de Caesare tamen potuisti dicere, praesertim cum et tuum de illius ingenio notissimum iudicium esset nec illius de tuo obscurum.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Here I said: “Although I am glad to hear praise of an excellent man and a very dear friend of ours, I nevertheless stumble upon the memory of our common miseries, in search of forgetfulness of which I prolonged this very conversation. But I want to hear what Atticus ultimately thinks of Caesar.” And he replied: “You are admirably consistent in refusing to say anything yourself about those now living. And by Hercules, if you treated them as you treated the dead, omitting no one, you would encounter many an Autronius and Staienus. Therefore, whether you wished to escape this crowd or feared that someone might complain that he had either been passed over or insufficiently praised, you could nevertheless have spoken about Caesar, especially since your judgment of his talent is very well known and his judgment of yours is no secret.”
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Je dis alors : « Bien que j’entende avec plaisir louer cet excellent homme, qui est aussi notre grand ami, le souvenir de nos malheurs communs me revient pourtant, moi qui ai prolongé cet entretien précisément pour chercher à les oublier. Mais je désire savoir ce qu’Atticus pense enfin de César. » Atticus répondit : « Tu demeures admirablement fidèle à ton dessein de ne rien dire toi-même des hommes d’aujourd’hui. Et, par Hercule, si tu procédais comme avec les morts, sans omettre personne, tu rencontrerais quantité d’Autronius et de Staienus. Que tu aies donc voulu échapper à cette foule, ou que tu aies craint d’entendre quelqu’un se plaindre d’avoir été omis ou insuffisamment loué, tu pouvais néanmoins parler de César, surtout puisque ton jugement sur son talent est fort connu, et le sien sur le tien ne l’est pas moins. »
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