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Truth
by:
Bacchylides
(5th century B.C.)
translated by John Herman Merivale
As gold the Lydian touch-stone tries,
So man--the virtuous, valiant, wise--
Must to all-powerful
Truth
submit
His virtue, valour, and his wit.
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