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Full of men, vacant of friends.

Seneca the Younger

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Seneca the Younger
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Lucio Anneo Seneca
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He who does not prevent a crime, when he can, encourages it.
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The voice is nothing but beaten air.
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So live with an inferior as you would wish a superior to live with you.
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To things which you bear with impatience you should accustom yourself, and, by habit you will bear them well.
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Trifling trouble find utterance deeply felt pangs are silent.
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