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Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 7
Section 592 of 2,141
Canonical reference 56.7
Latin
Perseus canonical Latin TEI
Aspice illum, cui somnus laxae domus silentio quaeritur, cuius aures ne quis agitet sonus, omnis servorum turba conticuit et suspensum accedentium propius vestigium ponitur; huc nempe versatur atque illuc, somnum inter aegritudines levem captans.
French
Baillard 1914
Vois cet homme qui appelle le sommeil par le vaste silence de ses appartements : pour qu’aucun bruit n’effarouche son oreille, toute sa légion d’esclaves est muette ; ce n’est que sur la pointe du pied que l’on ose un peu l’approcher. Et néanmoins il se tourne en tous sens sur sa couche, cherchant à saisir à travers ses ennuis un demi-sommeil ;
English
Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius
Think of the unfortunate man who courts sleep by surrendering his spacious mansion to silence, who, that his ear may be disturbed by no sound, bids the whole retinue of his slaves be quiet and that whoever approaches him shall walk on tiptoe; he tosses from this side to that and seeks a fitful slumber amid his frettings!
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