Nec te conlaudes, nec te culpaveris ipse;
Hoc faciunt stulti, quos gloria vexat inanis.
Nor praise nor blame thyself: Fools thus have erred,
When by vain hope of glory they were stirred.
(Chase)
Praise not yourself, nor to yourself take blame:
Fools do so, plagued by love of empty fame.
(Duff)
When by vain hope of glory they were stirred.
(Chase)
Praise not yourself, nor to yourself take blame:
Fools do so, plagued by love of empty fame.
(Duff)
Here is the vocabulary:
nec - nor, and not
tu - you
conlaudo - praise, commend
culpo - blame, find fault
ipse - emphatic adj/pronoun
hic - this, this one
facio - do, make
stultus - foolish, fool
qui - who, which, that
gloria - glory
vexo - toss, trouble, annoy
inanis - empty, meaningless