"Because he is not a slave who groans under the blows of the whip, nor a renegade who, according to Heaven's will, Lives alone and withdrawn in suffering, He is not poor who asks for a corner of bread. But he is also a slave, poor, and lonely, the one who in life chose the palace of vice.
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Because he is not a slave who groans under the blows of the whip, nor a renegade who, according to Heaven's will, Lives alone and withdrawn in suffering, He is not poor who asks for a corner of bread. But he is also a slave, poor, and lonely, the one who in life chose the palace of vice.
""Că sclav nu-i cel ce geme sub loviturile de bici, Nici renegat cel care, după a Cerului voință, Trăiește singur și retras în suferință, Sărac nu e acela care un colț de pâine cere. Dar e și sclav, sărac, și-nsingurat, Aceela care-n viață a ales al viciului palat."