Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Satirae 1.6.76-88

Horace praises his father for bravely bringing him to Rome to receive the finest education, for personally accompanying him to all his teachers as an incorruptible guardian, for preserving his good character from any scandal or disgrace, and for never fearing the criticism that might come from his son following a humble trade as he himself had done.

 

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Sed pater ausus est portare puerum ad Romam docendum artis quas aliquis eques aut senator se filios doceat.

Si qui (aliquis) vidisset vestem meam et servos meos, ut in magno populo, is crederet me illos habere ex re antiqua familiae meae.

Pater ipse custos (guard) incorruptissimus mihi, aderat circum omnes doctores meos. Quid multa dicere possum?

Pater servavit pudicum meum, qui primus honos virtutis est, ab omni turpi, non solum facto sed etiam scandale, nec pater timuit ne quis (aliquis) verteret sibi vitio,

Si praeco (auctioneer) aut coactor (tax collector) parvas mercedes sequerer, ut pater ipse fuit; neque ego questus essem. Sed propter hoc nunc debeo patri meo laudem et gratiam maiorem.

Written by Robert Amstutz