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On Human Life

Weep for the troubles of human life
     now more than usual, Heraclitus:
     it overflows with many calamities.
You, on the other hand, Democritus,
     laugh even more, if ever you laughed:
     life has become more ridiculous.
Meanwhile, seeing these things, I wonder:
     how far in the end, Heraclitus,
     I may weep with you,
     or how, Democritus,
     I may joke merrily with you.                 Alciato - Emblem 152