saepe egomet memini fratres geminos ad hiulcum pervenisse simul bivium nutante iuventa et dubitasse diu bifido sub tramite, quodnam esset iter melius; cum dextrum spinea silva sentibus artaret scopulosaque semita longe duceret arium clivoso margine callem, at laevum nemus umbriferum per amoena virecta ditibus ornaret pomis et lene iacentem planities daret ampla viam: squalentibus unum contentum spinis reptasse per ardua saxa, porro alium campo sese indulsisse sinistro; illum sideribus caput inmiscere propinquis, hunc in caenosas subito cecidisse paludes.
I myself remember when often two brothers together in youthful indecision have come where the road split in two and hesitated long at the forks, wondering which path was the better; for on the right a prickly forest of briers narrowed the track and the rocky footpath traced its mounting course far up along a precipitous ridge, while on the left shady trees along fair greensward beautified the scene with rich fruits and a wide plain offered a gently descending highway. One was content with the rough thorns and crept along the lofty rocks; the other, again, gave his heart to the plain on the left. The one set his head in close proximity to the stars, but the other fell suddenly into miry bogs.
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