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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 5
Passage 18 of 1,479
Canonical reference 1.5.5
Latin
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quod scribis, etiam si cuius animus in te esset offensior, a me recolligi oportere, teneo quid dicas neque id neglexi, sed est miro quodam modo adfectus. ego autem quae dicenda fuerunt de te non praeterii; quid autem contendendum esset ex tua putabam voluntate me statuere oportere. quam si ad me perscripseris, intelleges me neque diligentiorem esse voluisse quam tu esses neque neglegentiorem fore quam tu velis.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
As for your statement that, even if someone were rather offended with you, I ought to win him back, I understand what you mean and have not neglected it. But he is affected in some extraordinary way. I did not omit what had to be said on your behalf. Yet I thought I ought to determine from your wishes how hard I should press. If you write those wishes to me fully, you will understand that I neither wished to be more diligent than you were nor shall be less diligent than you desire.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Tu écris que, même si quelqu’un avait l’esprit assez irrité contre toi, je devrais le ramener à de meilleurs sentiments. Je comprends ce que tu veux dire et je ne l’ai pas négligé, mais cet homme est dans une disposition étrangement particulière. Pour ma part, je n’ai omis aucune des choses qu’il fallait dire en ta faveur; toutefois, je pensais devoir régler d’après ta volonté jusqu’où il fallait insister. Si tu me l’exposes en détail, tu comprendras que je n’ai voulu être ni plus diligent que toi, ni moins diligent que tu ne le souhaites.
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