O happy man! being mortal, know that thou art born to trouble, in order that thou mayest suffer only in what is necessary, and not add to it by thy folly.

ὦ μακάρι᾿, ἀτυχεῖν θνητὸς ὢν ἐπίστασο,
ἵν᾿ αὐτὰ τἀναγκαῖα δυστυχῇς μόνον,
πλείω δὲ διὰ τὴν ἀμαθίαν μὴ προσλάβῃς.

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