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Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 3
Section 96 of 2,141
Canonical reference 11.3
Latin
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Inter haec esse et ruborem scio, qui gravissimis quoque viris subitus adfunditur. Magis quidem in iuvenibus apparet, quibus et plus caloris est et tenera frons; nihilominus et veteranos et senes tangit. Quidam numquam magis, quam cum erubuerint, timendi sunt, quasi omnem verecundiam effuderint.
French
Baillard 1914
Outre cela, je connais encore ces subites rougeurs dont se couvrent les visages même les plus graves. Plus apparentes chez ceux qui sont jeunes comme ayant le sang plus chaud et le front moins exercé, elles ne laissent pas de se produire chez les hommes les plus consommés et chez les vieillards. Certaines gens ne sont jamais plus à craindre que lorsqu’ils ont rougi, comme s’ils avaient jeté dehors toute vergogne.
English
Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius
I know that the blush, too, is a habit of this sort, spreading suddenly over the faces of the most dignified men. It is, indeed more prevalent in youth, because of the warmer blood and the sensitive countenance; nevertheless, both seasoned men and aged men are affected by it. Some are most dangerous when they redden, as if they were letting all their sense of shame escape.
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