LATN 1001 : Passage Translations Exam 3
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Nihil cum amicitia possum comparare; di hominibus nihil melius dant. Pecuniam alii malunt; alii, corpora sana; alii, famam gloriamque; alii, voluptates - sed hic viri nimium errant, quoniam illa sunt incerta et ex fortuna veniunt, non ex sapientia. Amicitia enim ex sapientia et amore et moribus bonis et virtute venit; sine virtute amicitia non potest esse. Si nullos amicos habes, habes vitam tyranni; si invenies amicum verum, vita tua erit beata. I am able to compare nothing with friendship; the gods give nothing better to men. Some prefer money; others, a healthy body; others, fame and glory; others, pleasure - but these men are wrong very much, since those things are uncertain and come out of fortune, not out of wisdom. The true friendships comes from wisdom and love and good character and virtue, without the virtue the friendship cannot live.
