A wise man little less sees his friend dying at the end of five-and-twenty years than on the first year; and according to Epicurus, no less at all; for he did not attribute any alleviation of afflictions, either to their foresight or their antiquity;
Zuhur batek ez dakusa lehen urtearen buruan baino gutiago hogeita bost urteren buruan bere adiskidea azken hatsetan; eta, Epikuroren arabera, deus ere gutiago, zeren ez baitio aurreikuspenari ez zahartasunari atsekabeen arintzerik batere ematen.