Yonge Latin
/
Latin
English
Quid ? miserius quam omnino numquam fuisse ? ita , qui nondum nati sunt , miseri iam sunt , quia non sunt , et nos , si post mortem miseri futuri sumus , miseri fuimus ante quam nati . ego autem non commemini , ante quam sum natus , me miserum ; tu si meliore memoria es , velim scire , ecquid de te recordere .
Ita iocaris , quasi ego dicam eos miseros , qui nati non sint , et non eos miseros , qui mortui sunt .
Esse ergo eos dicis .
Immo , quia non sint , cum fuerint , eo miseros esse .
Ita iocaris , quasi ego dicam eos miseros , qui nati non sint , et non eos miseros , qui mortui sunt .
Esse ergo eos dicis .
Immo , quia non sint , cum fuerint , eo miseros esse .
What
,
more
so
than
not
to
have
existed
at
all
?
therefore
,
those
who
are
not
yet
born
,
are
miserable
because
they
are
not
;
and
we
ourselves
,
if
we
are
to
be
miserable
after
death
,
were
miserable
before
we
were
born
:
but
I
do
not
remember
that
I
was
miserable
before
I
was
born
;
and
I
should
be
glad
to
know
,
if
your
memory
is
better
,
what
you
recollect
of
yourself
before
you
were
born
.
You are pleasant ; as if I had said that those men are miserable who are not born , and not that they are so who are dead .
You say , then , that they are so ?
Yes , I say that because they no longer exist after having existed , they are miserable .
You are pleasant ; as if I had said that those men are miserable who are not born , and not that they are so who are dead .
You say , then , that they are so ?
Yes , I say that because they no longer exist after having existed , they are miserable .