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