Vereri se, ne avium modo, quas naturalis levitas ageret ad sidera, inani ac puerili mente se efferret; nihil difficilius esse quam in illa aetate tantam capere fortunam.
That he feared lest Alexander, like the birds, whose natural lightness drives them on towards the stars, might be carried away by a vain and childish spirit; that nothing was more difficult at his time of life than to be able to prove equal to so great a fortune.
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