§2.9.1plura de officio docentium locutus discipulos id unum interim moneo, ut praeceptores suos non minus quam ipsa studia ament, et parentes esse non quidem corporum sed mentium credant.
Having spoken at length about the duty of teachers, I now in the meantime admonish pupils of this one thing: that they should love their tutors no less than their studies themselves, and believe them to be parents, not indeed of their bodies, but of their minds.
§2.9.2multum haec pietas conferet studio; nam ita et libenter audient et dictis credent et esse similes concupiscent, in ipsos denique coetus scholarum laeti alacresque convenient, emendati non irascentur, laudati gaudebunt, ut sint carissimi, studio merebuntur.
This affection will contribute much to their study; for thus they will both listen gladly and believe their words and desire to be like them, and finally assemble for the meetings of the schools themselves joyful and eager, nor will they be angry when corrected, but rejoice when praised, and by their application they will deserve to be most dear to them.
§2.9.3nam ut illorum officium est docere, sic horum praebere se dociles; alioqui neutrum sine altero sufficit.
For as it is the duty of the former to teach, so it is the duty of the latter to present themselves teachable; otherwise neither is sufficient without the other.
et sicut hominis ortus ex utroque gignentium confertur, et frustra sparseris semina, nisi illa praemollitus foverit sulcus: ita eloquentia coalescere nequit nisi sociata tradentis accipientisque concordia.
And just as the birth of a human being is brought about by both parents, and you would sow seeds in vain unless a furrow, previously softened, should cherish them; so eloquence cannot take root unless by the united harmony of the giver and the receiver.