Original text (Ancient Greek)
The truth, sometimes not sought for, comes forth to the light.
Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable.
Men are taught virtue and a love of independence by living in the country.
Of all wild beasts on earth or in sea, the greatest is a woman.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
Three sleepless nights I passed in sounding on,
Through words and things, a dim and perilous way.
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