There liveth one who gives the present hour
Its fill of pleasure, creeping blindly on
To future which he knows not.

ζώοι τις ἀνθρώπων τὸ κατ᾿ ἦμαρ ὅπως
ἥδιστα πορσύνων· τὸ δ᾿ ἐς αὔριον αἰεὶ
τυφλὸν ἕρπει.

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