Note 81 — Chapter IV · THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS
George Herbert Ely translation
Quid tibi praecipiam molles vitare fenestras? Ad culpas aditum laxa fenestra facit. Libera mens, captiva tamen sint lumina, quando Hanc animo invenit saeva libido viam. Cogite fallaceis, animus ne peccet, ocellos, Cogite, libertas ne peritura cadat. Pellite materiam, primasque extinguite flammas. (Pontanus, De Liberis.)
[“Why should I admonish thee to shun the seduction of windows? An unbolted casement is the door to vice. Keep the mind free, but the eyes in durance, since concupiscence discovers this way to the soul. Restrain thy eyes from tricks lest thy soul sin; yea, lest thy liberty fall and perish. Thrust away the fuel, and extinguish the beginnings of flame.”]