Book 6 — Surviving Fragments

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Chapter 1

(Non. 42M) “You expect, then, the full measure of this ruler’s prudence, which takes its very name from foresight.”

(Non. 256M) “For this reason this citizen must equip himself to be always armed against whatever shakes the state’s settled order.”

(Non. 25M, Serv. A. 1.149) “And this division among citizens is called ‘sedition,’ because some go apart to join others.”

(Non. 519M) “Indeed, in civil discord, when the good have more weight than the many, I think citizens should be weighed, not counted.”

(Non. 424M) “For desires, harsh mistresses of our thoughts, compel and command things without limit; and because they can never be filled or satisfied in any way, they drive those they have inflamed with their enticements into every crime.”

(Non. 492M) who has crushed his violence and that unbridled ferocity.

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Chapter 2

(Gel. N.A. 7.16.11,Non. 290M) This was all the more remarkable because, though the colleagues stood in the same case, they were not merely unequal in unpopularity: the affection felt for Gracchus even pleaded against the hostility felt for Claudius.

(Non. 409M) Who †number of the aristocrats and of the leading men offered, he with words and of his own gravity left that tone, stern and full of dignity.

(Non. 501M) so that, as that writer says, a thousand men came down to the Forum every day in cloaks dyed with shellfish purple.

(Non. 517M) among these, as you remember, a funeral was suddenly furnished by a gathering of the most frivolous of the multitude and by a collection of money.

(Non. 512M,Prisc. GL 3.70K) For our ancestors wished marriages to be firmly established.

(Non. 398M) The speech of Laelius, which we all have in our hands: how pleasing to the immortal gods are the priests’ ladles and, as he writes, their Samian earthenware cups.

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Chapter 3

(Eulog. somn. Scip. 401Or.) […] who had come back to life after being laid on the funeral pyre, and had told many secrets of the underworld […] that these statements about the immortality of the soul and about heaven were not inventions of dreaming philosophers or incredible tales ridiculed by the Epicureans, but the conjectures of thoughtful men.

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Chapter 4

(August. C.D. 22.28) that he had been jesting rather than having wished to say †that someone affirms this to be true.

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Chapter 8

(Macr. Sat. 1.4.2sq.) “But although for the wise the very consciousness of splendid deeds is virtue’s richest reward, still that divine virtue longs not for statues fixed in lead or triumphs with withering laurels, but for kinds of reward more enduring and more fresh.” “What, then, are they?” said Laelius. Then Scipio said, “Allow me, since this is now our third day of leisure […]”

SECTION 1

Chapter 1

(Non. 42M) So you expect this leader's full practical wisdom. Its very name comes from looking ahead.

(Non. 256M) That's why this citizen must prepare himself. He must always be armed against whatever threatens the state's stability.

(Non. 25M, Serv. A. 1.149) This split among citizens is called “sedition,” because people go off into separate groups.

(Non. 519M) In civil conflict, good citizens count for more than large numbers. So I think citizens should be weighed, not counted.

(Non. 424M) Desires are harsh masters of our thoughts, forcing and ordering us to pursue things without limit. They can never be fulfilled or satisfied in any way. So they drive people they've set alight with their temptations into every kind of crime.

(Non. 492M) who has crushed his violence and that wild, unbridled savagery.

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Chapter 2

(Gel. N.A. 7.16.11,Non. 290M) That was greater still because the two colleagues were in the same situation. Yet people didn't hate them equally. Their love for Gracchus even softened their hatred of Claudius.

(Non. 409M) Who †number of the nobles and leaders offered, he with words and of his own gravity left that stern sound, full of dignity.

(Non. 501M) so that, as that writer says, a thousand men went down to the forum daily wearing cloaks dyed with shellfish purple.

(Non. 517M) among these, as you remember, a crowd of utterly fickle people gathered and pooled their money, and a funeral was suddenly arranged.

(Non. 512M,Prisc. GL 3.70K) Our ancestors wanted marriages to be firmly established.

(Non. 398M) Laelius's speech, which we all have at hand: how much the immortal gods like the priests' ladles and, as he writes, Samian cups.

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Chapter 3

(Eulog. somn. Scip. 401Or.) […] who had come back to life after being placed on a funeral pyre, and had told many secrets about the underworld […] these things said about the soul's immortality and heaven were not inventions of dreaming philosophers. Nor were they unbelievable stories that the Epicureans laugh at. They were the conjectures of thoughtful people.

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Chapter 4

(August. C.D. 22.28) that he had been joking rather than having meant to say †that someone affirms this to be true.

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Chapter 8

(Macr. Sat. 1.4.2sq.) “But although, for the wise, the very awareness of their outstanding deeds is the greatest reward for goodness, that godlike goodness still seeks more lasting and fresher rewards than statues fixed in lead or triumphs with withering laurels.” “What exactly are those rewards?” said Laelius. Then Scipio said, “Allow me, since we are now in our third day of holiday […]”