Saturday, February 23, 2013
Man's Greatest Enemy
Stobaeus 2.43 (my translation):
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Anacharsis the Scythian, asked by someone "What is hostile to men?", said, "They are, to themselves."[Ausonius], Septem Sapientum Sententiae 1.2 (tr. Hugh G. Evelyn-White):
Ὰνάχαρσις ὁ Σκύθης ἐρωτηθεὶς ὑπό τινος τί ἐστι πολέμιον ἀνθρώποις; "αὐτοὶ" έφη "ἑαυτοῖς."
What is man's greatest bane? His brother man alone.Distichs of Cato 4.11 (tr. J. Wight Duff and Arnold M. Duff):
pernicies homini quae maxima? solus homo alter.
When fear of brute beasts harasses your mind,Related posts:
Know what you most should dread is human kind.
cum tibi praeponas animalia bruta timore,
unum hominem scito tibi praecipue esse timendum.
bruta Arntzen: cuncta codd.
timore D: timere ceteri codd.
