seu tamen adversum mutarit ianua lectum, sederit et nostro cauta noverca toro, coniugium, pueri, laudate et ferte paternum: capta dabit vestris moribus illa manus; nec matrem laudate nimis: collata priori vertet in offensas libera verba suas.
If, though, the house-door gets a new wedding-bed facing it, and a wary stepmother sits on the couch that was mine, then, my children, do you praise and accept your fathers marriage: won over by your conduct she will surrender. Nor praise your mother overmuch: when compared to her predecessor she will turn your unguarded speech into slights against herself.
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