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In short, I would ask the mourner whether he
designs to put an end to his grief, or to allow the anguish
to have the same duration with his life. If this thou hast
resolved, I must say thou hast cut out for thyself the most
bitter infelicity in the world, and all through the stupidity
and softness of thy mind; but if thou wilt ever make a
change, why dost thou not make it now, and so free thyself
from misery? Apply now the same reasons thou must use
a great while hence, to unburden thy mind and ease thy
afflictions; and as in bodily distempers the quickest remedy
is the best, so bestow the advantage thou must otherwise
allow to time upon reason and instruction, and so cease to
be unhappy.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 1.
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