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For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death, because it is sealed up and no one turns back.
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"Come, therefore, let us enjoy the good things that exist, and make use of the creation to the full as in youth.
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Let us take our fill of costly wine and perfumes, and let no flower of spring pass by us.
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Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
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Let none of us fail to share in our revelry, everywhere let us leave signs of enjoyment, because this is our portion, and this our lot.