Τὰ πρὸς Κρόνον

Satırlar

1 – 3 4 – 5 5 – 7 7 – 8 8 – 9 9 – 10 11 – 13 13 – 15 15 – 17 18 – 19 19 – 19 20 – 21 22 – 23 24 – 25 25 – 26 27 – 28 29 – 31 31 – 31 32 – 32 33 – 34 35 – 36 37 – 39

İngilizce İngilizce Yunanca Yunanca

29 I say nothing of their other vexations—one has a disreputable son, another a wife who prefers his slave to himself, another realizes that his minion yields to necessity what he would not to affection; there are numberless things, in fact, that you know nothing about; you only see their gold and purple, or catch sight of them behind their high-steppers, and open your mouths and abase yourselves before them. If you left them severely alone, if you did not turn to stare at their silver-plated carriages, if you did not while they were talking eye their emerald rings, or finger their clothes and admire the fineness of the texture, if you let them keep their riches to_themselves, in short, I can assure you they would seek you out and implore the favour of your company; you see, they must show you their couches and tables and goblets, the sole good of which is in the being known to possess them.

30 You will find that most of their acquisitions are made for you; they are not for their own use, but for your astonishment. I am one that knows both lives, and I write this for your consolation, You should keep the feast with the thought in your minds that both parties will soon leave this earthly scene, they resigning their wealth, and you your poverty. However, I will write to them as I promised, and am confident that they will not disregard what I say.