prior haec genitoris imago: ipsa quidem virtus sibimet pulcherrima merces; dulce tamen venit ad manes, cum gloria vitae durat apud superos, nec edunt oblivia laudem.
His fathers ghost spoke first: Virtue is indeed its own noblest reward; yet the dead find it sweet, when the fame of their lives is remembered among the living and oblivion does not swallow up their praises.
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