quod si ridicula haec ludibriaque esse videmus, re veraque metus hominum curaeque sequaces nec metuunt sonitus armorum nec fera tela audacterque inter reges rerumque potentis versantur neque fulgorem reverentur ab auro nec clarum vestis splendorem purpureai, quid dubitas quin omni sit haec rationi potestas, omnis cum in tenebris praesertim vita laboret? nam veluti pueri trepidant atque omnia caecis in tenebris metuunt, sic nos in luce timemus interdum nilo quae sunt metuenda magis quam quae pueri in tenebris pavitant finguntque futura.
But if we see these things to be ridiculous and a mere mockery, if in truth mens fears and haunting cares fear neither the clang of arms nor wild weapons, if they boldly mingle with kings and sovereigns of the world, if they respect not the sheen of gold nor the glowing light of crimson raiment, why doubt you that this power wholly belongs to reason, especially since life is one long struggle in the dark? For just as children tremble and fear all things in blind darkness, so we in the light fear, at times, things that are no more to be feared than what children shiver at in the dark and imagine to be at hand.
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