Latin for Опасно чувств о вать себ я безопасно в опасности

[Ernest Sjogren]

Following up Ms. Zohrab's clue, this sentence from Publilius Syrus would 
seem to the original of the lines she quotes:

Caret periclo, qui etiam cum est tutus cavet.

Very literally: He is free from danger who is wary even when guarded.

Publilii Syri SENTENTIAE [MAXIMS, by Publilius Syrus], R. A. H. 
Bickford-Smith, ed., London, 1895, p. 8

The MAXIMS in Latin can be found in many places online such as 
<http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/syrus.html> or in Google books.  (I am no 
expert and have no idea what may be considered a good edition of the work.)

Is this Latin the original of the Russian quotation?  An inspiration for it?

Ernie Sjogren


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Irene Zohrab" <Irene.Zohrab at VUW.AC.NZ>
To: <SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Latin for Опасно чувств овать себ я безопасно в 
опасности


> Hi Sergey,
>
> I have asked a University librarian who put this question up on the 
> librarians' national email list and was referred to a minor Latin poet 
> named Publilius Syrus, a contemporary of Julius Caesar in the first 
> century BC. The following two versions of what he imagines is the same 
> sentence seem to be the closest he could get to the Russian.
>
> "One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on
> their guard"
>
> "He is best secure from dangers who is on his guard even when he seems
> safe"
>
> The work by Publilius is  in a volume of minor Latin poets  held in 
> off-campus storage, so he has requested it in the hope of finding the 
> original Latin.
> Failing that you might need to find in which library Publilius's works are 
> held and go from there.
>
> We will get back to you if he finds it.
>
> Irene Zohrab
> Victoria University
> Wellington
> New Zealand
>
>
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> [SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of serge tyuli [sergeytlnv at GMAIL.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 6:11 AM
> To: SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu
> Subject: [SEELANGS] Latin for Опасно чувствовать себ я безопасно в 
> опасности
>
> Does anybody know the Latin original for the Russian "Опасно чувствовать
> себя безопасно в опасности"? Thank you in advance.
>
> Sergey Tyulenev
>
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