haud secus ac, fractae rector si forte carinae litoribus solus vacuis ex aequore sospes adnatet, incerti trepidant, tendantne negentne iactato dextras, ipsamque odere salutem unius amissa superantis puppe magistri.
So, when the captain of a wrecked ship is saved from the sea and swims ashore alone, men are at a loss and uncertain whether to welcome the sea-tossed man or to disown him; they cannot bear that the captain only should be saved when his ship is lost.
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