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E4P42

Proposition 42 — Part IV

English (Elwes 1883)also show

Latin

Hilaritas excessum habere nequit sed semper bona est et contra melancholia semper mala.

English (Elwes 1883)

Mirth cannot be excessive, but is always good; contrariwise, Melancholy is always bad.

Modern English

Cheerfulness cannot have excess and is always good; melancholy, on the contrary, is always bad.