Publius Terentius Afer (Terence), Phormio, ed. Edward St. John Parry, 5.4

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(ANTIPHO.)

ANTIPHO

Laetus sum, ut meae res sese habent, fratri obtigisse quod vult.
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Quam scitum est eiusmodi parare in animo cupiditates

Quas, quum res adversae sient, paulo mederi possis!

Hic simul argentum repperit cura sese expedivit.

Ego nullo possum remedio me evolvere ex his turbis

Quin, si hoc celetur, in metu, sin patefit, ill probro sim.
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Neque me domum nunc reciperem, ni mihi esset spes ostenta

Huiusce habendae. Sed ubinam Getam invenire possum,

Ut rogem quod tempus conveniendi patris me capere iubeat?

Phormio. Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). ed. Edward St. John Parry. London. 1857.

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Phormio (Terence. Publii Terentii Comoediae Sex. Parry, Edward St. John, editor. London: Whittaker and Co.; George Bell, 1857.)

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Phormio; or, The Scheming Parasite Perseus (Terence. The Comedies of Terence. Riley, Henry Thomas; Colman, George, translators. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1872.) — 5.4 focus

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ANTIPHO

I’m glad that, however my own affairs go, my brother has succeeded in his wishes. How wise it is to cherish desires of that nature in the mind, that when things run counter, you may easily find a cure for them! He has both got the money, and released himself from care; I, by no method, can extricate myself from these troubles;
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on the contrary, if the matter is concealed, I am in dread—but if disclosed, in disgrace. Neither should I now go home, were not a hope still presented me of retaining her. But where, I wonder, can I find Geta, that I may ask him what opportunity he would recommend me to take for meeting my father?
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Publius Terentius Afer (Terence) Phormio 5.4

ed. Edward St. John Parry

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