“Let us greedily enjoy our friends, because we do not know how long this privilege will be ours.”

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXIII

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

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