“Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.”

—  Claudian

Natura beatis,<br>omnibus esse dedit, si quis cognoverit uti. <br class="br"> In Rufinum, Bk. I, lines 215-216 http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Claudian/In_Rufinum/1*.html#215.

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