Common people are only a vapor;
important people, an illusion.
Together on a scale,
they weigh less than[a] a vapor.(A)

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Surely the lowborn(A) are but a breath,(B)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,(C) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.

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