As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.

As long as the Fates permit, live cheerfully.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.

Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.

Impotent fury rages powerless and to no purpose.

Great paines quickly find ease.

Great paines quickly find ease.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

Where it concerns himself,
Who's angry at a slander, makes it true.

And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
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And there is a worm in the lonely wood,
That pierces the liver and blackens the blood,
And makes it a sorrow to be.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.

Time puts an end to speculation in opinions, and confirms the
laws of nature.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.

Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched.