Section 40

Question 1

Verum haec genera virtutum non solum in moribus nostris, sed vix iam in libris reperiuntur.

Answer 1

But these types of virtues are found not only [not] in our moral standards but are scarcely found now in books.

Question 2

Chartae quoque quae illam pristinam severitatem continebant, obsoleverunt;

Answer 2

The papers, also, which contained that former austerity, have become obselete;

Question 3

neque solum apud nos, qui hanc sectam rationemque vitae re magis quam verbis secuti sumus,

Answer 3

and not only among us, who have pursued this doctrine and manner of life in practice more than in words,

Question 4

sed etiam apud Graecos, doctissimos homines, quibus, cum facere non possent, loqui tamen et scribere honeste et magnifice licebat,

Answer 4

but even among the Greeks, very learned men, who, since they were not able to act [in this way], were however permitted to speak and to write honourably and splendidly,

Question 5

alia quaedam mutatis Graeciae temporibus praecepta exstiterunt.

Answer 5

certain other rules have appeared since times have changed for Greece.