Sat I:147-171 The Dangers of Satire

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Nil erit ulterius quod nostris moribus addat posteritas, eadem facient cupientque minores,
Posterity will need to add nothing to how we behave, Our children will do and desire exactly the same;
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omne in praecipiti vitium stetit, utere velis, totos pande sinus,
All depravity stands at the edge of a chasm. Set sail, Spread all your canvas.
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dicas hic forsitan ‘unde ingenium par materiae? unde illa priorum scribendi quodcumque animo flagrante liberet simplicitas?
Perhaps you’ll say ‘Where Is the power to match your subject? Where will you find The frankness of those who wrote as they chose With passionate spirit?’
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“cuius non audeo dicere nomen? quid refert, dictis ignoscat Mucius an non?”’
Well who do I dare not name? What matter if Mucius could never forgive my words?
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pone Tigellinum: taeda lucebis in illa qua stantes ardent qui fixo gutture fumant, et latum media sulcum deducis harena.
‘Well, try Tigellinus, and you’ll be the flame to his torch That scorches men upright, their bound throats smoking, And score a wide track with your corpse over the sand.’
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Qui dedit ergo tribus patruis aconita, vehatur pensilibus plumis atque illinc despiciat nos?
Do I let him ride by, then, that man who’s poisoned three Of his uncles, and despise us from his feather cushions?
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‘cum veniet contra, digito compesce labellum: accusator erit qui verbum dixerit “hic est.”
‘Yes, button your lip, instead, when he sallies by: If you even say: ‘that’s him’, you’ll be marked, an informer.
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securus licet Aenean Rutulumque ferocem committas, nulli gravis est percussus Achilles aut multum quaesitus Hylas urnamque secutus:
It’s fine to pit pious Aeneas against the fierce Rutulian, There’s no problem with old Achilles pierced by a shaft, Or a Hylas, chasing his pitcher, searched for by many:
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ense velut stricto quotiens Lucilius ardens infremuit, rubet auditor cui frigida mens est criminibus, tacita sudant praecordia culpa,
But when fiery Lucilius roars as if waving his naked Blade, the hearer whose criminal mind is long-frozen, Reddens and sweats, his conscience new-stricken by guilt.
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inde ira et lacrimae.
Then, there’ll be anger and tears.
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tecum prius ergo voluta haec animo ante tubas: galeatum sero duelli paenitet.’ experiar quid concedatur in illos, quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis atque Latina.
So think about it first, Before you go sounding your trumpet: too late to regret Arming when you’re at war.’ Then I’ll see what they can do To me, whose ashes the Via Latina and Via Flaminia shroud.
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omne in praecipiti vitium stetit, utere velis, totos pande sinus,

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All depravity stands at the edge of a chasm. Set sail, Spread all your canvas.

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dicas hic forsitan ‘unde ingenium par materiae? unde illa priorum scribendi quodcumque animo flagrante liberet simplicitas?

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“cuius non audeo dicere nomen? quid refert, dictis ignoscat Mucius an non?”’

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Card 5

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pone Tigellinum: taeda lucebis in illa qua stantes ardent qui fixo gutture fumant, et latum media sulcum deducis harena.

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