qui dediti corporis gaudiis per luxum atque ignaviam aetatem agunt,
ceterum[14] ingenium, quo neque melius neque amplius aliud in natura
mortalium est, incultu atque socordia torpescere sinunt; quum praesertim
tam multae variaeque sint artes animi, quibus summa claritudo paratur.

[10] According to the common arrangement of words, it would be _alia
corporis, alia animi_; but Sallust abandons this order just because
it is common. For the same reason he prefers _alii--pars_ to
_alii--alii_. _Naturam corporis_ (or _animi_) _sequuntur_, 'they
follow the nature (that is, they are of the same kind) of body and
mind.' Regarding the change of _anima_ into _animus_, it must be
observed that _anima_ is 'the soul,' the seat and basis of _animus_
(mind), which is the activity of the _anima_.
[11] 'But the mind is not subject to corruption' (that is, to dissolution
and annihilation), for a perfect participle with the negative prefix
in frequently denotes a passive impossibility, which is usually
expressed by adjectives ending in _ilis_ or _bilis_; as _invictus
miles_, an invincible soldier.
[12] 'The mind possesses all things, but itself is not possessed;' that
is, it is free. This is an imitation of a well-known Greek phrase,
[Greek: echo, ouk echomai].
[13] _Admirari_ signifies not only 'to admire,' but also 'to wonder,' at
anything which is surprising or displeasing; and in the latter sense
it is the same as _mirari_.
[14] Respecting _ceterum _ as an adversative conjunction, see Zumpt,
S 349.

3. Verum ex his magistratus et imperia, postremo omnis cura rerum
publicarum minime mihi hac tempestate[15] cupiunda videntur; quoniam
neque virtuti honos datur, neque illi, quibus per fraudem is fuit,[16]