“What fools these mortals be!”

— Seneca the Younger

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter I: On Saving Time

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Tanta stultitia mortalium est.

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

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