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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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