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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text><body><div type="edition" xml:lang="lat" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0550.phi001.perseus-lat1"><div type="textpart" subtype="book" n="5"><l n="161">gentibus humanis fundatum perpetuo aevo,</l><l n="162">sollicitare suis ulla vi ex sedibus umquam</l><l n="163">nec verbis vexare et ab imo evertere summa,</l><l n="164"> cetera de genere hoc adfingere et addere, Memmi,</l><l n="165">desiperest. quid enim inmortalibus atque beatis</l><l n="166">gratia nostra queat largirier emolumenti,</l><l n="167">ut nostra quicquam causa gerere adgrediantur?</l><l n="168">quidve novi potuit tanto post ante quietos</l><l n="169">inlicere ut cuperent vitam mutare priorem?</l><l n="170">nam gaudere novis rebus debere videtur</l><l n="171">cui veteres obsunt; sed cui nihil accidit aegri</l><l n="172">tempore in ante acto, cum pulchre degeret aevom,</l><l n="173">quid potuit novitatis amorem accendere tali?</l><l n="174">quidve mali fuerat nobis non esse creatis?</l><l n="175">an, credo, in tenebris vita ac maerore iacebat,</l><l n="176">donec diluxit rerum genitalis origo?</l><l n="177">natus enim debet qui cumque est velle manere</l><l n="178">in vita, donec retinebit blanda voluptas;</l><l n="179">qui numquam vero vitae gustavit amorem</l><l n="180">nec fuit in numero, quid obest non esse creatum?</l></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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