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The voice is nothing but beaten air.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca the Younger
the Younger Seneca
Lucio Anneo Seneca
Annaeus Seneca
Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
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Death's the discharge of our debt of sorrow.
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Let him who has given a favor be silent let he who has received it tell it.
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Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue the good become the slaves of the wicked might makes right fear silences the power of the law.
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Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth.
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He is a king who fears nothing, he is a king who desires nothing!
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Dissembling profiteth nothing a feigned countenance, and slightly forged externally, deceiveth but very few.
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The anger of those in authority is always weighty.
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