People are able because they think they're able
Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers.
The flocks fear the wolf, the crops the storm, and the trees the wind.
If I am unable to make the gods above relent, I shall move hell.
Evil is nourished and grows by concealment.
Fortunate is he whose mind has the power to probe the causes of things and trample underfoot all terrors and inexorable fate.