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Cicero
On the Republic Passage 1
Passage 77 of 251
Canonical reference 2.1
Latin
perseus-cicero-de_republica-lat
Cum omnes flagrarent cupi ditate audiendi, ingressus est sic loqui Scipio: Catonis hoc senis est, quem, ut scitis, unice dilexi maximeque sum admiratus cuique vel patris utriusque iudicio vel etiam meo studio me totum ab adulescentia dedidi; cuius me numquam satiare potuit oratio; tantus erat in homine usus rei publicae, quam et domi et militiae cum optime, tum etiam diutissime gesserat, et modus in dicendo et gravitate mixtus lepos et summum vel discendi studium vel docendi et orationi vita admodum congruens.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
When everyone was burning with eagerness to hear him, Scipio began to speak as follows: “This is an observation of the elder Cato, whom, as you know, I loved uniquely and admired above all, and to whom, both through the judgment of my two fathers and through my own devotion, I gave myself wholly from youth. I could never have enough of his conversation. So great was the man’s experience of the state, which he had administered both at home and in war as excellently as he had for a very long time; so great were his moderation in speaking, charm mingled with gravity, supreme eagerness both to learn and to teach, and a life fully consistent with his speech.”
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Comme tous brûlaient du désir de l’entendre, Scipion commença à parler ainsi: «C’est une pensée du vieux Caton, que, comme vous le savez, j’ai aimé plus que tout et souverainement admiré, et auquel, soit en raison du jugement de mes deux pères, soit encore par mon propre goût, je me suis entièrement voué dès ma jeunesse. Jamais son discours ne put me rassasier. Si grandes étaient chez cet homme l’expérience de la république, qu’il avait gouvernée à l’intérieur comme à la guerre, à la fois excellemment et très longtemps, la mesure dans la parole, la grâce mêlée de gravité, l’ardeur suprême à apprendre comme à enseigner, et l’étroite conformité de sa vie avec son discours.»
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