Sed haec defensio, ut dixi, aliquam multum a me remota est, cui praeter formae mediocritatem continuatio etiam litterati laboris omnem gratiam corpore deterget, habitudinem tenuat, sucum exsorbet, colorem obliterat, vigorem debilitat.
But as I said, such a defense is far from relevant to me, since apart from my unprepossessing looks, my continuous occupation with literary study obliterates all my physical charm, and makes my body thin, my vitality feeble, my complexion pale, and my energy weak.
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