VII. Verba Inconaiantiae.
VII. Verba Inconaiantiae.
And he said, "Why should I not know who I am?" What I know, I do; and if I didn't do this, I would be foolish. Many do what I find astonishing: wise people make themselves look foolish, and the rich make the poor seem lowly. What I speak is what I am, and what I want to express, I do not hold back; and what I have, I do not relinquish, and what I can do, I do, as much as I have the ability in this matter; otherwise, I would be empty. A craftsman who doesn't do the work he could do, and who abandons his craft and doesn't practice it, would be a lazy person. Fortune also teaches this. For when a person has prosperity, they can do what they want, but when that prosperity fails, they can no longer do what they wish. And this is integrity. y>
Read the original Latin
Et dixit: « Quare nescirem quod sum?
Quod autem scio hoc facio, et si hoc > non facerem, stulta essem.
Multi faciunt quod admiror, scilicet quod sapientes se stultos faciunt, et divites pauperes, ac probi viles.
Quod sum loquor, et quod y> volo profero, et quod habeo non relinquo, et quod possum facio, quantum pos> sibilitatis in hoc habeo, aiioquin inanis essem.
Faber enim qui opus illud non > faceret, quod facere posset, et qui artem suam desereret, nec eam exerceret, ruy> sticus esset.
Hoc etiam fortuna docet.
Nam cum homo prosperitatem habuerit, > faciat quod vult, quia cuin prospcritas illa defecerit, quod vult facere non potest.
Et hoc probitas est. y>
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