Papilio vespam prope volantem viderat: O sortem iniqunm! dum vivebant corpora, quorum ex reliquiis animam nos accepimus, ego eloquens in pace, fortis proeliis, arte omni princeps inter aequalis fui; en cuncta levitas putris et volito cinis.
A butterfly saw a wasp flying about near by. Ah, said he, how unjust is my lot! While still the bodies were living, from the remains of which you and I have received the breath of life, I was eloquent in peace, brave in battle, and foremost in every art among my contemporaries; but behold now I flit about all lightness and crumbling ashes.
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