All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . . . In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.

Fear is the proof of a degenerate mind.

All these souls, after they have passed away a thousand years, are summoned by the divine ones in great array, to the lethean river. . . . In this way they become forgetful of the former earthlife, and re-visit the vaulted realms of the world, willing to return again into living bodies.

From a single crime know the nation.

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.

Persistent work triumphs.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.