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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 1
Passage 1,075 of 1,479
Canonical reference 12.46.1
Latin
perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat
vincam , opinor, animum et Lanuvio pergam in Tusculanum. aut enim mihi in perpetuum fundo illo carendum est (nam dolor idem manebit, tantum modo occultius) aut nescio quid intersit utrum illuc nunc veniam an ad decem annos. neque enim ista maior admonitio quam quibus adsidue conficior et dies et noctes. quid ergo? inquies, nihil litterae? in hac quidem re vereor ne etiam contra; nam essem fortasse durior. exculto enim animo nihil agreste, nihil inhumanum est.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
I shall master my feelings, I think, and proceed from Lanuvium to Tusculum. Either I must give up that estate forever, for the same grief will remain, merely more hidden, or I do not know what difference it makes whether I go there now or in ten years. That place is no stronger a reminder than the thoughts by which I am continually worn down day and night. What then, you will ask, have literature and philosophy done nothing? In this matter I fear they may even have had the opposite effect, for perhaps I would otherwise have been harder. In a cultivated mind there is nothing coarse, nothing unfeeling.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Je vaincrai, je pense, mon âme et, de Lanuvium, je poursuivrai jusqu’à Tusculum. En effet, ou bien je dois renoncer pour toujours à cette propriété, car la douleur restera la même, seulement plus cachée, ou bien je ne vois pas quelle différence il y a entre y venir maintenant et y venir dans dix ans. Ce lieu ne me rappelle pas davantage mon malheur que les pensées qui m’accablent continuellement jour et nuit. Quoi donc? diras-tu, les lettres ne servent-elles à rien? Dans ce cas précis, je crains même le contraire; peut-être serais-je plus endurci. Car, dans une âme cultivée, il n’y a rien de rustre ni d’inhumain.
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