cui si talibus studiis perfrui fas non erat, utilius aliquanto fuit ad illa aditum non impetrasse quam iam percepta eorum dulcedine caruisse.
If he was not fated to full enjoyment of such pursuits, it would have been better for him never to have gained access to them rather than to lack their pleasure already tasted.
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