Rex Warner, Julius Caesar, Faber and Faber, Londres 2008 (1ª edição 1958):
The Young Caesar
All guidance is dangerous and a lack of guidance is disastrous - pg 188
For there is nothing good in itself in holding power and nothing finally glorious in making a limited use of it - idem
What is needed is not merely the solution of a particular and pressing problem; it is the transformation of the whole scene into something different - ibidem
If a man is unable or unwilling to use power except for limited ends, it does not matter how much power is put into his hands - pg 194
Indeed the people very rarely do rise spontaneously - pg 293
Imperial Caesar
Where one trusts most one can be most deeply injured - pg 67
People are apt to describe as "impossible" things which they either do not want to do or else have never seriously attempted - pg 155
He had too high an opinion of himself (or, with equal truth, one may say that his opinion of himself was not high enough) to put himself into a position where he might have to face criticism - pg 228
I cannot forget how consistently throughout my lifetime the names of virtues have been used to justify all sorts of obscurantism, greed and oppression - pg 347
Only in the sense that he stood for the anarchy of the individual conscience may Cato be said to have stood for liberty - pg 348
The Young Caesar
All guidance is dangerous and a lack of guidance is disastrous - pg 188
For there is nothing good in itself in holding power and nothing finally glorious in making a limited use of it - idem
What is needed is not merely the solution of a particular and pressing problem; it is the transformation of the whole scene into something different - ibidem
If a man is unable or unwilling to use power except for limited ends, it does not matter how much power is put into his hands - pg 194
Indeed the people very rarely do rise spontaneously - pg 293
Imperial Caesar
Where one trusts most one can be most deeply injured - pg 67
People are apt to describe as "impossible" things which they either do not want to do or else have never seriously attempted - pg 155
He had too high an opinion of himself (or, with equal truth, one may say that his opinion of himself was not high enough) to put himself into a position where he might have to face criticism - pg 228
I cannot forget how consistently throughout my lifetime the names of virtues have been used to justify all sorts of obscurantism, greed and oppression - pg 347
Only in the sense that he stood for the anarchy of the individual conscience may Cato be said to have stood for liberty - pg 348
5 comentários:
E ainda há quem me pergunte como fiz para ter uma paixoneta por um homem morto há mais de dois mil anos....
Um sábio.
Estamos a lê-lo hoje: isso diz tudo. Quem vai ler dentro de séculos os actuais figurões do poder?
Será que o progresso da civilização se acompanha de um retrocesso qualquer dos grandes espíritos ?
Rita Maria, uma paixoneta? Ele merece mais que isso ;-)
Rita e Mário, estas citações são interessantes mas não são de César. O Rex Warner escreveu uma pseudo-autobiografia e põe na boca de César coisas que acha que ele poderia ter dito mas não disse.
Mas vale a pena ler César e conhecê-lo. Além disso, eu leio quase tudo o que me aparece sobre ele, incluindo ficção.
tch, big espalhanço %(
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