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Cicero
Letters to Atticus Passage 2
Passage 233 of 1,479
Canonical reference 3.12.2
Latin
perseus-cicero-letters_to_atticus-lat
cui vulneri ut scribis medere, si quid potes. scripsi equidem olim ei iratus, quod ille prior scripserat, sed ita compresseram ut numquam emanaturam putarem. quo modo exciderit nescio. sed quia numquam accidit ut cum eo verbo uno concertarem et quia scripta mihi videtur neglegentius quam ceterae, puto posse probari non esse meam. id , si putas me posse sanari, cures velim; sin plane perii, minus laboro.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
As you write, treat that wound if you can. I did once write it in anger against him, because he had written against me first, but I had kept it so closely suppressed that I thought it would never get abroad. I do not know how it escaped. But because it never happened that I contended with him by so much as a single word, and because the piece seems to me more carelessly written than my other speeches, I think it can be made credible that it is not mine. If you think I can be healed, I should like you to see to that; but if I am utterly ruined, I care less.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Comme tu l’écris, soigne cette blessure, si tu le peux. Il est vrai que j’avais autrefois écrit ce discours contre lui dans ma colère, parce qu’il avait écrit le premier, mais je l’avais si bien tenu secret que je pensais qu’il ne sortirait jamais. J’ignore comment il m’a échappé. Mais puisque jamais il ne m’est arrivé de disputer avec lui même d’un seul mot, et puisque ce texte me paraît écrit avec moins de soin que mes autres discours, je pense qu’il est possible de faire croire qu’il n’est pas de moi. Si tu penses que je peux être guéri, je voudrais que tu t’en occupes. Mais si je suis entièrement perdu, je m’en soucie moins.
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