“What fools these mortals be!”
Tanta stultitia mortalium est.
Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter I: On Saving Time
“What fools these mortals be. (Acheron)”
— Sherrilyn Kenyon, book Dance with the Devil
Source: Dance with the Devil
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