To strictest justice many ills belong, And honesty is often in the wrong

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I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared

Great fear is concealed under daring.

Great fear is concealed under daring.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.

Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.