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To beget and rear a man is easier than to put good sense Inside him. No one yet has ever contrived a way To make the senseless sensible and good men out of bad. If the sons of Asklepios had this gift from the god, To work a cure on badness and men's infatuate wits, Many and great would be the fees they earned. And if understanding could be fashioned and placed in a man, Never would a good man's son have turned out bad, By heeding the words of sensible counsel. But as it is, no teaching Will ever serve to make the bad man good.