veridicis igitur purgavit pectora dictis et finem statuit cuppedinis atque timoris exposuitque bonum summum quo tendimus omnes quid foret, atque viam monstravit, tramite parvo qua possemus ad id recto contendere cursu, quidve mali foret in rebus mortalibu passim, quod fieret naturali varieque volaret seu casu seu vi, quod sic natura parasset, et quibus e portis occurri cuique deceret, et genus humanum frustra plerumque probavit volvere curarum tristis in pectore fluctus.
Therefore with truth-telling words he scoured the heart, he put a limit to desire and fear, he showed what was that chief good to which we all move, and pointed the way, that strait and narrow path by which we might run thither without turning; he showed what evil there was everywhere in human affairs, which comes about and flies about in different ways, whether by natural chance or force, because nature had so provided, and from what sally-ports each ought to be countered; and he proved that mankind had no reason for the most part to roll the sad waves of trouble within unnecessary their breasts.
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