Cedo nunc, si et inspexisse me fateor, quod tandem crimen est imaginem suam nosse eamque non uno loco conditam, sed quoquo uelis parvo speculo promptam gestare? An tu ignoras nihil esse aspectabilius homini nato quam formam suam? Equidem scio et filiorum cariores esse qui similes videntur et publicitus simulacrum suum cuique, quod videat, pro meritis praemio tribui.
Tell me now, if I do grant that I have looked in a mirror'what crime, I ask you, is it to know ones own appearance, and carry it not stored up in a single place, but to any place you wish, available in a little mirror? As you surely know, there is no more enjoyable sight for any human being than that of his own appearance. I certainly know both that sons are dearer if they resemble their fathers, and that in public life everyone is rewarded for his merits by having his own statue to look at.
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