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The Satyricon
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CHAPTER THE NINETY-NINTH
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I began to repent my jealousy, which had been the cause of so many unpleasant happenings) and with many tears, I begged and pled with him to admit me into favor, as lovers cannot control their furious jealousy, and vowing, at the same time, that I would not by word or deed give him cause for offense in the future.

And he, like a learned and cultivated gentleman, ought to remove all irritation from his mind, and leave no trace of it behind.

The snows belong upon the ground in wild and uncultivated regions, but where the earth has been beautified by the conquest of the plough, the light snow melts away while you speak of it.

And so it is with anger in the heart; in savage minds it lingers long, it glides quickly away from the cultured.

"That you may experience the truth of what you say," exclaimed Eumolpus, "see! I end my anger with a kiss.


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