Saturday, December 27, 2025
My Books Are Always Ready and Waiting
Cicero, On the Republic 1.9.14 (tr. Clinton Walker Keyes):
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Scipio. Why are you here so early, Tubero? For these holidays would certainly have provided you with an excellent opportunity for pursuing your literary studies.Carl Schleicher (1825-1903), Der Bücherwurm:
Tubero. My books are at home to me at any time, for they are never busy, but it is a very great privilege to find you at leisure, especially at this time of political unrest.
quid tu, inquit [sc. Scipio], tam mane, Tubero? dabant enim hae feriae tibi oportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras.
tum ille: mihi vero omne tempus est ad meos libros vacuum; numquam enim sunt illi occupati; te autem permagnum est nancisci otiosum, hoc praesertim motu rei publicae.
