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Methinks we all forget that we are mortal,
And that so short a span the Fates allot.

— Bion of Smyrna

ἦ λαθόμεσθ᾿ ἄρα πάντες, ὅτι θνατοὶ γενόμεσθα,
χὡς βραχὺν ἐκ Μοίρας λάχομες χρόνον.

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