non tamen ulla magis praesens fortuna laborum est, quam si quis ferro potuit rescindere summum ulceris os: alitur vitium vivitque tegendo, dum medicas adhibere manus ad vulnera pastor abnegat, et meliora deos sedet omina poscens.
Yet no help for their ills is of more avail than when one has dared to cut open with steel the ulcers head; the mischief thrives and lives by concealment, while the shepherd refuses to lay healing hands on the wounds, and sits idle, calling upon the gods for happier omens.
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