Section 41

Question 1

Itaque alii voluptatis causa omnia sapientes facere dixerunt, neque ab hac orationis turpitudine eruditi homines refugerunt;

Answer 1

And so some have said that wise men do all things for the sake of pleasure, and nor did learned men recoil from this baseness of speech;

Question 2

alii cum voluptate dignitatem coniungendam putaverunt, ut res maxime inter se repugnantes dicendi facultate coniugerent;

Answer 2

others thought that dignity should be joined with pleasure, so that they could unite matters which entirely contradict each other by means of their skill for speaking;

Question 3

illud unum directum iter ad laudem cum labore qui probaverunt, prope soli iam in scholis sunt relicti.

Answer 3

the men who supported that one straight path to praise with toil, are left almost alone now in the schools.

Question 4

Multa enim nobis blandimenta natura ipsa genuit quibus sopita virtus coniveret interdum;

Answer 4

For many are the allurements for us which nature itself brought into being, by which virtue, lulled to sleep, might occasionally turn a blind eye;

Question 5

multas vias adulescentiae lubricas ostendit quibus illa insistere aut ingredi sine casu aliquo aut prolapsione vix posset;

Answer 5

It shows many paths slippery to youth, so that it [youth] could scarcely take a stand or enter upon them without some fall or a collapse;

Question 6

multarum rerum iucundissimarum varietatem dedit qua non modo haec aetas, sed etiam iam corroborata caperetur.

Answer 6

she gave a variety of many very pleasurable things, by which not only this [present] generation, but even the generation already hardened might be taken captive.