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for this is the
greatest happiness for man.“And at
that time also the messenger from that other world reported that the prophet
spoke thus: ‘Even for him who comes forward last, if he make his
choice wisely and live strenuously, there is reserved an acceptable life, no
evil one. Let not the foremost in the choice be heedless nor the last be
discouraged.’ When the prophet had thus spoken he said that the
drawer of the first lot at once sprang to seize the greatest tyranny,1 and that in his folly and
greed he chose it
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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