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ante lucem ibat ad vespasianum imperatorem (nam ille quoque noctibus utebatur), deinde ad officium sibi delegatum.,

Before dawn, he used to go to the emperor Vespasian (for he also used the nights), then to the duty assigned to him.

[Identical] reversus domum reliquum tempus studiis dabat.,

Having returned home, he would allot the rest of teh time to his studies.

[Identical] saepe post cibum (qui veterum more interdiu levis et facilis erat) aestate, si quid otii erat, iacebat in sole, liber legebatur adnotabat excerpebatque.,

Often after food (which, after the customs of his forefathers during the day was light and easy on the stomach), in the summertime, if there was any free time, he would lie in the sun, a book would be read, he would make notes and take extracts (from it).

[Identical] nihil enim legit quod non excerperet; dicere etiam solebat nullum librum esse tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset.,

For he read nothing from which he would not take extracts; indeed, he used to say that no book was so bad that it was not useful in some part.

[Identical] post solem plerumque aqua frigida lavabatur, deinde gustabat dormiebatque minimum; mox quasi alio die studebat in cenae tempus.,

After sunbathing he generally bathed in cold water, then had a snack and slept for a very short time; soon afterwards, as if it were on another day, he would study till dinnertime.

[Identical] super cenam liber legebatur adnotabatur, et quidem cursim.,

Over dinner, a book would be read and notes taken, but hastily.

[Identical] haec inter medios labores urbisque fremitum.,

These things took place during the middle of the toils and noise of the city.

[Identical] in secessu solum balinei tempus studiis eximebatur (cum dico 'balinaei', de interioribus loquor; nam dum destringitur tergituque, audiebat aliquid aut dictabat).,

In (his country) retreat, only bath time was taken away from studies (when i say 'bath', i am talking about the inner (rooms); for while he was being scraped and wiped down, he would listen to something or dictate).

[Identical] in itinere quasi solutus ceteris curis, huic uni vacabat:,

On a journey, as if released from all other anxieties, he had time for this alone:

[Identical] ad latus notariusnotarius cum libro et pugillaribus, cuis manus hieme manicis muniebantur, ut ne caeli quidem asperitas ullum studii tempus eriperet;,

at his side (there would be) a secretary with a book and a writing tablet, whose hands were protected with mittens in winter, so that not even the harshness of the weather might take away any study time;

[Identical] qua ex causa Romae quoque sella vehebatur.,

for this reason he rode in a sedan chair at Rome also.

[Identical] repeto me correptum ab eo, quod ambularem: 'poteras' inquit 'has horas non perdere';,

I recall that i was rebuked by him because i walked: he said, 'You could have not wasted these hours';

[Identical] nam perire omne tempus arbitrabatur, quod studiis non impenderetur. vale.,

for he thought that all time, which was not spent on studies, was wasted. Farewell.