Neque patiar Sibyllam non solum cecinisse quae, dum viveret, prodessent hominibus, sed etiam quae cum perisset ipsa, et id etiam ignotissimis quoque hominibus; ad cuius libros tot annis post publice solemus redire, cum desideramus, quid faciendum sit nobis ex aliquo portento; me, ne dum vivo quidem, necessariis meis quod prosit facere.
And I cannot allow the Sibyl to have uttered prophecies which benefited mankind not only while she lived, but even after she had passed away, and that too people whom she never knew'for so many years later we are wont officially to consult her books when we desire to know what we should do after some portent'and not do something, even while I am alive, to help my friends and kinsfolk.
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