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De Rumoribus Matutinis
On the Morning’s Rumours
E Graeco imperatoris conversum.
Translated from the Emperor’s Greek.
Mane tibi dicito: hodie incidam in nuntios iratos, in rumores vanos, in clamores de rebus quas intra annum nemo meminerit. Omnia ex opinione pendent. Tolle opinionem: sublata est querela.
Say to yourself at dawn: today I shall meet angry headlines, idle rumours, and outcries over things no one will remember within the year. All of it hangs on opinion. Remove the opinion, and the complaint is removed.
FONTES ANTIQVIANCIENT SOURCES
- M. Ant. II.1; XII.25ἆρον τὴν ὑπόληψιν.
FONTES HODIERNITODAY’S SOURCES
- —Haec sententia ex ipsius ingenio, non ex nuntio singulari.This piece reflects on the times rather than a single report.
Res ex fontibus; sententia Romani.Facts from the sources; the opinion is the Roman’s.
M. Aurelius Antoninus
Imperator philosophus, qui in castris ad Danuvium Graece sibi ipsi scripsit. Haec Latine conversa sunt.The philosopher-emperor, who wrote notes to himself in Greek in the army camps on the Danube. What appears here is translated into Latin.
Haec vox restituta est ex his libris:This voice is reconstructed from:
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