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because_o that_o when_o he_o be_v able_a to_o live_v happy_o as_o a_o private_a man_n indiscreet_o make_v himself_o miserable_a by_o entangle_v and_o incumber_v himself_o with_o business_n be_o i_o wise_a quoth_v he_o to_o thrust_v myself_o upon_o trouble_n when_o i_o can_v have_v easy_o be_v without_o it_o but_o the_o ordinary_a labour_n that_o we_o common_o undergo_v in_o the_o management_n of_o our_o necessary_a affair_n seem_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o if_o compare_v with_o the_o continual_a dread_n and_o terror_n of_o mind_n which_o attend_v those_o who_o see_v themselves_o always_o walk_v upon_o brink_n and_o precipice_n in_o continual_a danger_n of_o fall_v so_o much_o the_o low_a by_o how_o much_o the_o high_o they_o have_v raise_v themselves_o sejanus_n say_v the_o satyr_n know_v not_o what_o he_o desire_v when_o he_o greedy_o long_v for_o and_o earnest_o seek_v after_o the_o great_a honour_n and_o boundless_a riches_n which_o at_o length_n he_o be_v possess_v of_o for_o they_o be_v as_o so_o many_o degree_n by_o which_o he_o ascend_v to_o the_o top_n of_o that_o pinnacle_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v to_o be_v miserable_o cast_v down_o what_o ruin_v crassus_n and_o pompey_n be_v it_o not_o that_o high_a station_n for_o which_o they_o have_v so_o earnest_o endeavour_v that_o nothing_o of_o labour_n or_o difficulty_n can_v hinder_v they_o in_o their_o attempt_n such_o earnest_a petition_n as_o these_o the_o god_n grant_v we_o in_o their_o wrath._n ergo_fw-la quid_fw-la optandum_fw-la foret_fw-la ignorasse_fw-la videris_fw-la sejanum_fw-la nam_fw-la qui_fw-la nimios_fw-la optabat_fw-la honores_fw-la et_fw-la nimias_fw-la poscebat_fw-la opes_fw-la numerosa_fw-la parabat_fw-la excelsae_fw-la turris_n tabulata_fw-la unde_fw-la altior_fw-la esset_fw-la casus_fw-la &_o impulsae_fw-la praeceps_fw-la immane_a ruinae_fw-la quid_fw-la crassos_fw-la quid_fw-la pompeios_fw-la evertit_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la ad_fw-la sva_fw-la qui_fw-la 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