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Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 16
Section 1,285 of 2,141
Canonical reference 88.16
Latin
Perseus canonical Latin TEI
fient. Si vero solem ad rapidum stellasque sequentes Ordine respicies, numquam te crastina fallet Hora nec insidiis noctis cupiere serenae. Satis abundeque provisum est, ut ab insidiis tutus essem.
French
Baillard 1914
Observe le soleil au terme de sa course,
La lune à son lever, pour n’être point séduit
Par la sérénité d’une trompeuse nuit.
J’ai songé de reste à bien m’assurer contre les surprises : tout lendemain n’est-il pas trompeur ?
English
Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius
Behold the fleeting sun, The stars that follow in his train, and thou Shalt never find the morrow play thee false, Or be misled by nights without a cloud. It has, however, been sufficiently and fully ordained that I shall be safe from anything that may mislead me.
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