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Latin translation by Cicero (Tusc. Disp. I.15); original Greek partially preserved in Sextus Empiricus (Adv. math. I.273) but not intelligible: ἀποθανεῖν † ἢ τεθνάναι οὔ μοι διαφέρει.
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Mind sees and Mind hears; everything else is deaf and blind.
Keep sober and remember to be mistrustful: these are the joints of the intelligence.
You are not skilled at speaking: you are only incapable of keeping silent.
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