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'morere,1 Diagora'
inquit; “non enim in caelum ascensurus es.” magna haec,
et nimium fortasse, Graeci putant vel tum potius putabant, isque, qui hoc Diagorae dixit, permagnum existimans tris2 Olympionicas una e domo prodire cunctari illum
diutius in vita fortunae obiectum inutile putabat ipsi.3
Ego autem tibi quidem, quod satis esset, paucis
verbis, ut mihi videbar,4 responderam—concesseras
enim nullo in malo mortuos esse—; sed ob eam causam contendi ut plura dicerem, quod in desiderio
et luctu haec est consolatio maxima. nostrum enim
et nostra5 causa susceptum dolorem modice ferre debemus, ne nosmet ipsos amare videamur; illa suspicio6 intolerabili7 dolore cruciat, si opinamur eos
quibus orbati sumus esse cum aliquo sensu in is malis quibus volgo opinantur. hanc excutere opinionem
mihimet8 volui radicitus, eoque fui fortasse longior.
Tu longior?
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