and that inimitable emulation to virtue, which astonishes us both in the one and the other Cato, that humour of theirs, so severe as even to be importunate, gently submits itself and yields to the laws of the human condition, of Venus and Bacchus; according to the precepts of their sect, that require the perfect sage to be as expert and intelligent in the use of natural pleasures as in all other duties of life:
eta bi Katonen baitan harritzen gaituen bertutearekiko atxikimendua eta ezinagoraino zorrotza den izaera hori bigunki meneratzen eta malgutzen da giza baldintzaren eta Venusen eta Bakoren legeetara, bere alderdiko legeei jarraikiz, eskatzen baitute zuhur osoa bizitzaren beste edozein eginbeharretan bezain aditua izan behar dela atsegin naturalen erabilpenean.