Nec infantes pueros nec mente lapsos timere mortem et esse turpissimum si eam securitatem nobis ratio non praestat ad quam stultitia perducit.
Kūdikiai, vaikai ir pamišėliai nebijo mirties, ir didžiausia gėda, kai protas neduoda tokios ramybės, kokią duoda kvailumas.
Infants, and boys, and those who have gone mad, have no fear of death, and it is most shameful if reason cannot afford us that peace of mind to which they have been brought by their folly.
Tantam hominum imprudentiam esse, immo dementiam, ut quidam timore mortis cogantur ad mortem.
Žmonių kvailybė, netgi beprotybė tokia didelė, kad kai kuriuos iš jų mirties baimė priverčia mirti.
Men are so thoughtless, nay, so mad, that some, through fear of death, force themselves to die.
Quid enim necesse est mala accersere, satis cito patienda cum venerint praesumere, ac praesens tempus futuri metu perdere? Est sine dubio stultum, quia quandoque sis futurus miser, esse iam miserum.
Iš tiesų, ar būtina šauktis nelaimių? Jas ir taip greitai reikės kęsti, kai užgrius. Kam dabartį gadinti ateities baime? Be abejo, kvaila būti nelaimingam dabar todėl, kad kada nors būsi nelaimingas.
Why, indeed, is it necessary to summon trouble,—which must be endured soon enough when it has once arrived,—
or to anticipate trouble and ruin the present through fear of the future? It is indeed foolish to be unhappy now because you may be unhappy at some future time.
Quantum ad successus accesserit accedet ad metus.
Kuo daugiau sėkmės, tuo daugiau baimės.
But all that is added to your successes will be added to your fears.
Subduc cervicem iugo tritam; semel illam incidi quam semper premi satius est.
Ištrauk iš jungo jau nutrintą sprandą. Geriau tegul vienąkart jį nukirs negu visą laiką spaus.
Withdraw your chafed neck from the yoke; it is better that it should be cut off once for all, than galled for ever.
Nulla autem causa vitae est, nullus miseriarum modus, si timeatur quantum potest.
Neverta ir gyventi, ir vargams galo nebus, jei bijosi visko, kas gali atsitikti.
But life is not worth living, and there is no limit to our sorrows, if we indulge our fears to the greatest possible extent.