Teneo, inquit, finem illi videri nihil dolere. Non potes ergo ista tueri, Torquate, mihi crede, si te ipse et tuas cogitationes et studia perspexeris; Tertium autem omnibus aut maximis rebus iis, quae secundum naturam sint, fruentem vivere. Igitur neque stultorum quisquam beatus neque sapientium non beatus. Quid enim est a Chrysippo praetermissum in Stoicis? Qui potest igitur habitare in beata vita summi mali metus? Non pugnem cum homine, cur tantum habeat in natura boni; Nos commodius agimus.

Nunc haec primum fortasse audientis servire debemus. Philosophi autem in suis lectulis plerumque moriuntur. Itaque eos id agere, ut a se dolores, morbos, debilitates repellant. Animum autem reliquis rebus ita perfecit, ut corpus; Aliter enim nosmet ipsos nosse non possumus. Nihil acciderat ei, quod nollet, nisi quod anulum, quo delectabatur, in mari abiecerat.

Non minor, inquit, voluptas percipitur ex vilissimis rebus quam ex pretiosissimis. Quod ea non occurrentia fingunt, vincunt Aristonem; Hos contra singulos dici est melius. Quis non odit sordidos, vanos, leves, futtiles? Nos quidem Virtutes sic natae sumus, ut tibi serviremus, aliud negotii nihil habemus.

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Verum hoc idem saepe faciamus. Sed ad bona praeterita redeamus. An eum discere ea mavis, quae cum plane perdidiceriti nihil

sciat? Ampulla enim sit necne sit, quis non iure optimo irrideatur, si laboret? Sed ego in hoc resisto; Satis est ad hoc responsum. An vero, inquit, quisquam potest probare, quod perceptfum, quod. Nummus in Croesi divitiis obscuratur, pars est tamen divitiarum.

Non minor, inquit, voluptas percipitur ex vilissimis rebus quam ex pretiosissimis. Nulla profecto est, quin suam vim retineat a primo ad extremum. Eam si varietatem diceres, intellegerem, ut etiam non dicente te intellego; Eadem nunc mea adversum te oratio est.

Faceres tu quidem, Torquate, haec omnia; Partim cursu et peragratione laetantur, congregatione aliae coetum quodam modo civitatis imitantur; Uterque enim summo bono fruitur, id est voluptate. Tum ille timide vel potius verecunde: Facio, inquit. Quamquam non negatis nos intellegere quid sit voluptas, sed quid ille dicat. Ergo in gubernando nihil, in officio plurimum interest, quo in genere peccetur.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Paulum, cum regem Persem captum adduceret, eodem flumine invectio? Duo Reges: constructio interrete. Quis hoc dicit? Itaque hic ipse iam pridem est reiectus; Quod si ita se habeat, non possit beatam praestare vitam sapientia. Scisse enim te quis coarguere possit? Ille vero, si insipiens-quo certe, quoniam tyrannus -, numquam beatus; Quo plebiscito decreta a senatu est consuli quaestio Cn. Atqui pugnantibus et contrariis studiis consiliisque semper utens nihil quieti videre, nihil tranquilli potest.

Quid igitur, inquit, eos responsuros putas? Utrum igitur tibi litteram videor an totas paginas commovere? Si qua in iis corrigere voluit, deteriora fecit. Si sapiens, ne tum quidem miser, cum ab Oroete, praetore Darei, in crucem actus est. In quibus doctissimi illi veteres inesse quiddam caeleste et divinum putaverunt. Quaesita enim virtus est, non quae relinqueret naturam, sed quae tueretur. Honesta oratio, Socratica, Platonis etiam. De malis autem et bonis ab iis

animalibus, quae nondum depravata sint, ait optime iudicari.

Et quod est munus, quod opus sapientiae? Piso, familiaris noster, et alia multa et hoc loco Stoicos irridebat: Quid enim?

Heri, inquam, ludis commissis ex urbe profectus veni ad vesperum. Atqui, inquam, Cato, si istud optinueris, traducas me ad te totum licebit. Tuum credibile? Eorum enim est haec querela, qui sibi cari sunt seseque diligunt.