Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 10

Sed ne soli mihi hodie didicerim, communicabo tecum, quae occurrerunt mihi egregie dicta circa eundem fere sensum tria; ex quibus unum haec epistula in debitum solvet, duo in antecessum accipe. Democritus ait: Unus mihi pro populo est, et populus pro uno.

ce sont trois belles paroles à peu près sur ce même sujet ; l’une payera la dette de ce jour, tu prendras les deux autres comme avance. Démocrite a dit : « Un seul homme est pour moi le public, et le public un seul homme.

In order, however, that I may not to-day have learned exclusively for myself, I shall share with you three excellent sayings, of the same general purport, which have come to my attention. This letter will give you one of them as payment of my debt; the other two you may accept as a contribution in advance. Democritus says: “One man means as much to me as a multitude, and a multitude only as much as one man.”