apud quem cum quereretur quod eo triduo non ultra tres versus maximo impenso labore deducere potuisset, atque is se centum perfacile scripsisse gloriaretur, sed hoc inquit interest, quod tui in triduum tantummodo, mei vero in omne tempus sufficient: alterius enim fecundi cursus scripta intra primas memoriae metas corruerunt, alterius cunctante stilo elucubratum opus per omne aevi tempus plenis gloriae velis feretur.
He complained to this man that in the past three days he had been able to compose no more than three verses with infinite expense of labour. The other boasted that he had written a hundred quite easily. But there is a difference, said Euripides. Your lines will be good for three days only, mine for all time. For the writings of the one in their fecund career collapsed before memorys first mark, the others work lucubrated with hesitant pen shall be wafted with sails full of glory through the ages.
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