Had I Succeeded Well, I Had Been

When One With Honeyed Words But Evil Mind Persuades The Mob, Great Woes Befall The State.

Old Men's Prayers For Death Are Lying Prayers, In Which They Abuse Old Age And Long Extent Of Life. But When Death Draws Near, Not One Is Willing To Die, And Age No Longer Is A Burden To Them.

When Two Souls Compose A Single Song, The Muse Fans Livid Wrath Before Long.

Silence Is True Wisdom's Best Reply.

When Roused To Rage The Maddening Populace Storms, Their Fury, Like A Rolling Flame, Bursts Forth Unquenchable; But Give Its Violence Ways, It Spends Itself, And As Its Force Abates, Learns To Obey And Yields It To Your Will.