“What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.”

From Moral Essays: Ad Marciam De Consolatione http://thriceholy.net/Texts/Marcia.html (trans. J. W. Basore)
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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BC

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