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"Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of app..." — Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Statesman • Roman
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