"Os bons vi sempre passar No mundo graves tormentos; E para mais me espantar, Os maus vi sempre nadar Em mar de contentamentos."
— Luís de Camões

January 1, 1970

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Ever in this world saw I Good men suffer grave torments, But even more— Enough to terrify— Men who live out evil lives Reveling in pleasure and in content. — "Esparsa ao Desconcerto do Mundo", translation from Luís de Camões and the Epic of the Lusiads (1962) by Henry Hersch Hart, p. 111