nam quid in oppressu valido durabit eorum, ut mortem effugiat leti sub dentibus ipsis? ignis an umor an aura? quid horum? sanguen an ossa? nil, ut opinor, ubi ex aequo res funditus omnis tam mortalis erit quam quae manifesta videmus ex oculis nostris aliqua vi victa perire.
For which of these will endure under crushing pressure, so as to escape death between the very teeth of destruction? Fire or water or air? Which of these? Blood or bones? Nothing, as I think, when everything alike will be in its essence as perishable as what we see manifestly pass away from our sight overcome by some violence.
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