"From my grandfather Verus: decency and a mild temper.įrom what they say and I remember of my natural father: integrity and manliness." From the fame and memory of him that begot me I have learned both shamefastness and manlike behaviour."Īnd the same lines from the Hammond translation: "Of my grandfather Verus I have learned to be gentle and meek, and to refrain from all anger and passion.
just compare the first few lines from the version on Project Gutenberg:
I found it very readable because the sections were so short and the language pretty clear, but I was reading the Martin Hammond translation.Į.g. I think the particular translation you have makes a big difference, as with a lot of these older texts.
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