« Οὐ γὰρ ἡ γένεσίς ἐστι ζωή, ἀλλ᾽ ἡ αἰσθήσις, οὐδὲ ἡ μεταβολὴ θάνατος ἀλλὰ λήθη. »

“Ne sōþlīce ne is ġecynning [ġecynde] līf, ac andġietnes; ne nīs oferhwyrft dēath ac forġietnes.”

“Truly, engenderment is not life, but ongetting; so too, renversement is not death but forgetting.”