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What worth is life, when I am fortune's butt?
'Tis better, better far its course to stay,
And die once only, than die every day.

— Honorat de Bueil de Racan

A quoy me sert la vie en butte à la fortune?
II vaut mieux, il vaut mieux en arrester le cours,
Et mourir une fois que mourir tons les jours.

Original text (French)

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