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For no long time the flatterer flourishes,
For none can brook a grey-haired parasite.

κόλακος δὲ βίος μικρὸν χρόνον ἀνθεῖ·
οὐδεὶς γὰρ χαίρει πολιοκροτάφῳ παρασίτῳ.

Original text (Ancient Greek)

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For now my life is approaching its evening.

Fly pleasure, which at last brings loss.

His nose he anoints, and thinks it plain
'Tis good for health with scents to feed the brain.

Not in vain oaths should prudent men believe,
But put their trust in actions.

Our life is like to dice, which ever fall
In varying combinations; no one form
Has man's existence, but 'tis full of change.

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