Two

Pagan: Life is short, even if you live to be a hundred and twenty. It goes by like a vapour, like a bird flitting past your window, and the memory of you on this earth goes likewise. Therefore, do not be a fool and miss out on every pleasure that presents itself; you must seize every opportunity of the world, for the god of glamour punishes those who do not gorge from his hand.


Christian: Life is short, even if you live to be a hundred and twenty. It goes by like a vapour, like a bird flitting past your window, and the memory of you on this--quick! the Master is coming!