T. Maccius Plautus, Trinummus, ed. Friedrich Leo, 2.3

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392

Philto

Non optuma haec sunt, neque ut ego aequom censeo;

verum meliora sunt quam quae deterruma.

sed hoc me únum consolatur atque animum meum,

quia qui nihil aliud nisi quod sibi soli placet
395

consulit advorsum filium, nugas agit:

miser ex animo fit, factius nihilo facit.

suae senectúti is acriorem hiemem parat,

quom illam importunam tempestatem conciet.

sed aperiuntur aedes quo ibam: commodum
400

ipse exit Lesbonicus cum servo foras.

Trinummus. T. Maccius Plautus. ed. Friedrich Leo. Berlin. 1896.

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Trinummus (Latin) (Plautus. Plauti Comoediae, Volume 2. Leo, Friedrich, editor. Berlin: Weidmann, 1896.)

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Trinummus: The Three Pieces of Money Perseus (Plautus. The Comedies of Plautus, Volume 1. Riley, Henry Thomas, translator. London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., 1912.) — 2.3 focus

392 (PHILTO, alone.)

PHILTO

These things are not for the best, nor as I think they ought to be; but still, they are better than that which is downright bad. But this one circumstance consoles myself and my thoughts-namely,

that he who counsels in respect to a son nothing else but that which pleases himself alone, only plays the fool; he becomes wretched in mind, and yet he is no nearer bringing it about. He is preparing a very inclement winter for his own old age when he arouses that unseasonable storm.
395

(The door of the house of CHARMIDES opens.) But the house is opened to which I was going; most conveniently, Lesbonicus himself is coming out of doors with his servant.
400
(PHILTO retires to a distance.)

T. Maccius Plautus Trinummus 2.3

ed. Friedrich Leo

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