Not to be born surpasses all reckoning. The next best thing by far, when one has been born is to go back as swiftly as possible whence one came.
SophoclesNot to be born surpasses thought and speech. The second best is to have seen the light and then go back quickly whence we came
SophoclesThere are some who praise a man free from disease; to me no man who is poor seems free from disease but to be constantly sick.
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