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εὖ εἰδὼς ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυς σὸν θυμὸν ἄεξε,
τερπόμενος θαλίῃσι θανόντι σοι οὔτις ὄνησις.
καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ σποδός εἰμι, Νίνου μεγάλης βασιλεύσας:
κεῖν᾽ ἔχω ὅσσ᾽ ἔφαγον καὶ ἐφύβρισα καὶ σὺν ἔρωτι
τέρπν᾽ ἔπαθον τὰ δὲ πολλὰ καὶ ὄλβια πάντα λέλυνται.
ἥδε ὁ σοφὴ βιότοιο παραίνεσις. οὐδὲ ποτ᾽ αὐτῆς
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