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Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 10
Section 701 of 2,141
Canonical reference 64.10
Latin
Perseus canonical Latin TEI
Si consulem videro aut praetorem, omnia, quibus honor haberi honori solet, faciam; equo desiliam, caput adaperiam, semita cedam. Quid ergo? Marcum Catonem utrumque et Laelium Sapientem et Socraten cum Platone et Zenonem Cleanthenque in animum meum sine dignatione summa recipiam? Ego vero illos veneror et tantis nominibus semper adsurgo. Vale.
French
Baillard 1914
Si je rencontre un consul ou un préteur, je leur rends tout l’honneur dû à d’honorables personnages, je descends de cheval, je me découvre la tête, je cède le passage ; et les deux Catons, et le sage Lélius et Socrate avec Platon, et Zénon et Cléanthe, je les recevrais dans mon âme sans offrir un digne hommage à tant de mérites ! Non, je les salue de tous mes respects ; je me lève toujours devant ces grands noms.
English
Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius
If I meet a consul or a praetor, I shall pay him all the honour which his post of honour is wont to receive: I shall dismount, uncover, and yield the road. What, then? Shall I admit into my soul with less than the highest marks of respect Marcus Cato, the Elder and the Younger, Laelius the Wise, Socrates and Plato, Zeno and Cleanthes? I worship them in very truth, and always rise to do honour to such noble names. Farewell.
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Care of the soul
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