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Norton F. W. Hazeldine translation
[7]Whether one in order or confusion lives, or whether one of the sweets of this life eats, which in the next the bitter must become, [8]Or those who on the bitter live which in the next the sweet becomes; the law of compensation surely straightens out. The wine of life is knowledge gained, on which no claims can Justice lay. The leaves of life are useless works for which Justice decrees that righteous ones must be performed to balance life's account.