Phaedra: I have pondered on the cause of a life’s shipwreck.
I think that our lives are worse than the mind’s quality
Would warrant.
There are many who know virtue.
We know the good, we apprehend it clearly.
But we can’t bring it to achievement. Some
Are betrayed by their own laziness, and others
Value some other pleasures above virtue.
There are many pleasures in a woman’s life –
Long gossiping talks and leisure, that sweet curse.
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