„Your minds that once did stand erect and strong,
What madness swerves them from their wonted course?“

As quoted by Cicero in De Senectute, Chapter VI (Loeb translation)
Original: (la) Quo vobis mentes, rectae quae stare solebant
Antehac, dementis sese flexere viai?

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If thou with steady hand when tempests blow
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„Strength is paradoxical. I am not strong because I can force others to do what I wish as a result of my play with them, but because I can allow them to do what they wish in the course of my play with them.“

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„Your minds that once did stand erect and strong,What madness swerves them from their wonted course?“

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„Your minds that once did stand erect and strong,
What madness swerves them from their wonted course?“