So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace – neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.
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By their own follies they perished, the fools.
Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies.
You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.
Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.