Ne sit hoc mirum, homines profutura discernere non numquam et nocentia, quorum mentes cognatas caelestibus arbitramur, animalia ratione carentia salutem suam interdum alto tueri silentio solent, ut exemplum est hoc perquam notum.
And it should not be surprising that men, whose thoughts we view as similar to those of gods, occasionally differentiate between what is beneficial and what is detrimental; for even senseless animals are sometimes accustomed to safeguard their lives through complete silence, as is evident from this renowned fact.