“Non faciunt meliorem equum aurei freni.”

— Seneca the Younger, book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XLI: On the god within us

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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BC

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