Utiliser "segni" dans une phrase

1. But e’en as I thought this, my Lips began to speak without my Will: “Segnius irritant Animos dismissa per Aures,” they said, quoting Horace, “Quam quae sunt Oculis submissa fidelbus!” (Which, translated into good, plain English, means: “What the trusty Eyes behold piques the Mind more than that which issues thro’ the Ears