And a dull quibble, wrapt in dubious phrase, Up to the height doth their wise wonder raise." Cicero reprehends some of his friends for giving more of their time to the study of astrology, logic, and geometry, than they were really worth;
Zizeronek bere adiskideetarik zenbait gaitzesten ditu ohitu izan baitira astrologia, zuzenbide, dialektika eta geometriari ematera lantze horiek merezi duten baino gehiago; eta horrek desbideratzen zituela bizi eginbeharretarik, onuragarri eta zintzoagoak.