
Temeritas.
Rashness
LXXII [=73] .
In praeceps rapitur, frustra quoque tendit habenas
Auriga, effraeni quem vehit oris equus.
Haud facile huic credas, ratio quem nulla gubernat
Et temerč proprio ducitur arbitrio.[1]
A driver pulled by a horse whose mouth does not respond to the bridle is rushed headlong and in vain drags on the reins. You cannot readily trust one whom no reason governs, one who is heedlessly taken where his fancy goes.
1. In general see Plato’s image of the chariot of the soul, Phaedrus, 246, as indicated in some commentaries.
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Temeritą.
Rashness.
Cade sossopra, e in van la briglia stende
l’huom, che sfrenato
il corridor trasporta.
Cosi del’ardir
suo mal fin attende
Colui, che non
ragion, ma’l
voler porta.
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