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First Line: Brave strength breeds freedom, for each load we bear
Last Line: In envy of the gods that know not death.
Subject(s): Reason; Stoicism; Intellect; Rationalism; Brain; Mind; Intellectuals


BRAVE strength breeds freedom, for each load we bear
Tries courage and doth temper it. Be king
Of thine own mind, thy conscience following
The God unfailing that is shrinéd there.
Thinkest thou then the august powers that steer
The golden spheres will for thy pleasure swing
Out of their course? In silence suffering,
Play thou the man uprightly without fear.
The Gods alone know if man's soul survives:
But steadfast is the labour of just lives,
Be they no more than day-long. With calm breath
They leave appraisal to the appointed judge
Who for the right meet Death, and nothing grudge
In envy of the Gods that know not death.





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