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| タイトル | ： 第23回 |
| 投稿日 | ： 2004/02/29(Sun) 14:52 |
| 投稿者 | ： 惣田正明 <vem13077@nifty.ne.jp> |
第23回テキスト
---はじめ---
You are right, he replied; they are not convinced: and there
is something in what they say; not, however, so much as they
imagine. I might answer them as Themistocles answered the
Seriphian who was abusing him and saying that he was famous,
not for his own merits but because he was an Athenian: 'If
you had been a native of my country or I of yours, neither of
us would have been famous.' And to those who are not rich and
are impatient of old age, the same reply may be made; for to
the good poor man old age cannot be a light burden, nor can a
bad rich man ever have peace with himself.
May I ask, Cephalus, whether your fortune was for the most
part inherited or acquired by you?
Acquired! Socrates; do you want to know how much I acquired?
In the art of making money I have been midway between my
father and grandfather: for my grandfather, whose name I
bear, doubled and trebled the value of his patrimony, that
which he inherited being much what I possess now; but my
father Lysanias reduced the property below what it is at
present: and I shall be satisfied if I leave to these my sons
not less but a little more than I received.
---終わり---