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Paradoxa Stoicorum

Marcus Tullius CiceroOriginal title Paradoxa Stoicorum (Latin, -46)

The Paradoxa Stoicorum is a work by Cicero in which he attempts to explain six famous Stoic sayings that appear to go against common knowledge.

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“O immortal gods! Men do not realize how great a revenue parsimony can be!”
O di immortales! non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia.

Marcus Tullius Cicero book Paradoxa Stoicorum

Paradoxa Stoicorum; Paradox VI, 49

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