id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt horace-works_134 horace-works_134 .txt text/plain 4174 204 79 For when, my affairs being desperate, I had a mind to throw myself into the river, having covered my head[ for that purpose], he fortunately was at my elbow; and[ addressed me to this effect]: Take care, how do any thing unworthy of yourself; a false shame, says he, afflicts you, who dread to be esteemed a madman among madmen. If to conduct one 's affairs badly be the part of a madman; and the reverse, that of a man well in his senses; brain of Perillius( believe me), who orders you[ that sum of money], which you can never repay, is much more unsound[ than yours]. Whoever grows pale with evil ambition, or the love of money: whoever is heated with luxury, or gloomy superstition, or any other disease of the mind, I command him to adjust his garment and attend: hither, all of ye, come near me in order, while I convince you that you are mad. ./cache/horace-works_134.txt ./txt/horace-works_134.txt