Mors mea ne careat lacrimis: linquamus amicis7
Maerorem,6 ut celebrent funera cum gemitu.
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nam si1 supremus ille dies
non extinctionem, sed commutationem adfert loci,
quid optabilius? sin autem perimit2 ac delet omnino,
quid melius quam in mediis vitae laboribus obdormiscere et ita coniventem3 somno consopiri sempiterno? quod si fiat, melior Enni4 quam Solonis oratio.
hic enim noster: “nemo me lacrimis decoret”5 inquit
“nec funera fletu faxit!” at vero ille sapiens:
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