Tuesday, May 09, 2023
Warning to Charlatans
Seneca, On Mercy 1.1.6 (tr. John W. Basore):
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For no one can wear a mask long; the false quickly lapses back into its own nature; but whatever has truth for its foundation, and whatever springs, so to speak, from out the solid earth, grows by the mere passing of time into something larger and better.Susanna Braund ad loc. (truncated, but it's all I can see in Google Books; click once or twice to enlarge):
nemo enim potest personam diu ferre, ficta cito in naturam suam recidunt; quibus veritas subest quaeque, ut ita dicam, ex solido enascuntur, tempore ipso in maius meliusque procedunt.
