Ille nequiquam diu luctatus cum latentibus nodis; Nihil, inquit, interest quomodo solvantur, gladioque ruptis omnibus loris, oraculi sortem vel elusit vel implevit.
After having struggled for a long time without effect against the hidden knots: It makes no difference, said he, how they are loosed, and cutting through all the thongs with his sword, he either tricked the oracle or fulfilled it.
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