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What once were vices are manners now.

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Seneca the Younger
Aphorist
Philosopher
Playwright
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Córdoba
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger
the Younger Seneca
Lucio Anneo Seneca
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
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Whom they have injured they also hate.
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Fire tries gold, misery tries brave men.
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He is not guilty who is not guilty of his own free will.
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Light griefs do speak, while sorrow's tongue is bound.
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For men in a state of freedom had thatch for their shelter, while slavery dwells beneath marble and gold.
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