If you will carefuly consider the affairs of mankind you will find that they are not worth either hopes or fears.
εἰ κατανοήσεις τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πράγματα, εὕροις ἂν αὐτὰ οὔτε ἐλπίδος οὔτε φόβου ἄξια.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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