Octavius 37.9

Minucius Felix · Octavius · ca. 197–250 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Kings live in fear, and wealth only burdens life's short journey.

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Latin text · CSEL 2:53

sed tam times quam timeris, et quamlibet sis multo comitatu stipatus, ad periculum tamen solus es. diues es? sed fortunae male creditur et magno uiatico breue uitae iter non instruitur, sed oneratur.

English · Claude translation

But you fear as much as you are feared; and however large a retinue surrounds you, in danger you are alone. Are you rich? But fortune is badly trusted, and the short journey of life is not equipped but burdened by great provisions.

About this passage

Source: CSEL 2:53 · Karl Halm, ed., M. Minucii Felicis Octavius; Iulii Firmici Materni Liber de errore profanarum religionum, CSEL 2 (Vienna: Gerold, 1867), 1–56 · Latin text: K. Halm (CSEL 2, 1867), digitized by Open Greek and Latin, University of Leipzig (csel-dev), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in CSEL 2. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Latin text of CSEL 2; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 4 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Divided there by chapter only.

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 37.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/37/9/).

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Minucius Felix, Oct. 37.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/minucius-octavius/37/9/).

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