Mur. 30.1Hoc homō ingeniōsissimus, Catō, auctōribus ērudītissimīs inductus adripuit, neque disputandī causā, ut magna pars, sed ita vīvendī.This doctrine Cato, a most talented man, led on by most learned authorities, has seized upon, not for the sake of argument, as most do, but in order to live by it. Mur. 30.1Petunt aliquid pūblicānī;The tax-farmers ask for something; Mur. 30.1cavē nē quicquam habeat mōmentī grātia.take care that favour has no weight at all. Mur. 30.1Supplicēs aliquī veniunt miserī et calamitōsī;Some suppliants come, wretched and unfortunate; Mur. 30.1scelerātus et nefārius fueris, sī quicquam misericordiā adductus fēceris.you will be wicked and abominable if you do anything moved by pity. Mur. 30.1Fatētur aliquis sē peccāsse et suī dēlictī veniam petit;Someone confesses that he has done wrong and asks pardon for his fault; Mur. 30.1"nefārium est facinus ignōscere."'to pardon is an abominable crime.' Mur. 30.1At leve dēlictum est.But the fault is slight. Mur. 30.1"Omnia peccāta sunt paria."'All faults are equal.' Mur. 30.1Dīxistī quippiam: "fīxum et statūtum est."You have said something: 'it is fixed and settled.' Mur. 30.1Nōn rē ductus es sed opīniōne;You were led not by fact but by opinion; Mur. 30.1"sapiēns nihil opīnātur."'the wise man never conjectures.' Mur. 30.1Errāstī aliquā in rē;You have made a mistake in some matter; Mur. 30.1male dīcī putat.he thinks he is being insulted.
Mur. 30.1Hāc ex disciplīnā nōbīs illa sunt: "Dīxī in senātū mē nōmen cōnsulāris candidātī dēlātūrum."From this school come those words of ours: 'I said in the senate that I would prosecute a consular candidate.' Mur. 30.1Īrātus dīxistī.You said it in anger. Mur. 30.1"Numquam" inquit "sapiēns īrāscitur."'The wise man,' he says, 'is never angry.' Mur. 30.1At temporis causā.But you said it to suit the occasion. Mur. 30.1"Improbī" inquit "hominis est mendāciō fallere;'It is the mark of a wicked man,' he says, 'to deceive by a lie; Mur. 30.1mūtāre sententiam turpe est, exōrārī scelus, miserērī flāgitium."to change one's opinion is shameful, to yield to entreaty a crime, to pity an outrage.' Mur. 30.63Nostrī autem illī — fatēbor enim, Catō, mē quoque in adulēscentiā diffīsum ingeniō meō quaesīsse adiūmenta doctrīnae — nostrī, inquam, illī ā Platōne et Aristotele, moderātī hominēs et temperātī, aiunt apud sapientem valēre aliquandō grātiam;But those teachers of ours — for I shall admit, Cato, that I too in my youth, distrusting my own abilities, sought the aid of learning — those teachers of ours, I say, the followers of Plato and Aristotle, men of moderation and restraint, say that favour sometimes has weight with the wise man; Mur. 30.63virī bonī esse miserērī;that it is the part of a good man to feel pity; Mur. 30.63distīncta genera esse dēlictōrum et disparīs poenās;that there are distinct kinds of offence and different penalties; Mur. 30.63esse apud hominem cōnstantem ignōscendī locum;that a steadfast man has room for pardon; Mur. 30.63ipsum sapientem saepe aliquid opīnārī quod nesciat, īrāscī nōn numquam, exōrārī eundem et plācārī, quod dīxerit interdum, sī ita rēctius sit, mūtāre, dē sententiā dēcēdere aliquandō;that the wise man himself often holds an opinion on something he does not know, is sometimes angry, can be won over by entreaty and appeased, sometimes changes what he has said if that is more right, and occasionally departs from his opinion; Mur. 30.63omnīs virtūtēs mediocritāte quādam esse moderātās.that all virtues are kept in check by a certain mean.