Alas!-but why Alas? It is the lot of mortality we experience.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Action achieves more than words.
When one with honeyed words but evil mind Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.
Do we, holding that the gods exist, deceive ourselves with insubstantial dreams and lies, while random careless chance and change alone control the world?
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.