Monday, February 26, 2024

 

Without Limits

Terence, Heauton Timorumenos 483-485 (tr. John Barsby):
We're all worse when there are no restraints.
Everyone wants whatever comes into his head;
he doesn't weigh whether it is good or bad, he goes after it.

nam deteriores omnes sumus licentia.
quod quoique quomque inciderit in mentem volet,
neque id putabit pravom an rectum sit; petet.        485

484-485 secl. Bentley
More literally, "Everyone will want..." and "he won't weigh whether it is good or bad, he'll go after it."



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