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Saturday, December 26, 2015

Jumping to Conclusions

Terence, The Self-Tormentor 237 (tr. John Barsby):

Do you insist on prejudging the situation before you know the truth?

pergin istuc prius diiudicare quam scis quid veri siet?

The same, tr. John Sargeaunt (with the stage direction "sarcastically"):

That's right, settle the point before you have heard the evidence.

Michael Gilleland at 5:59 AM

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