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Nihil ergo magis
praestandum est, quam ne pecorum ritu sequamur
antecedentium gregem, pergentes non quo eundum
est, sed quo itur. Atqui nulla res nos maioribus
malis implicat, quam quod ad rumorem componimur,
optima rati ea, quae magno adsensu recepta sunt,
quodque exempla nobis multa sunt, nec ad rationem
sed ad similitudinem vivimus. Inde ista tanta coacer-
vatio aliorum super alios ruentium.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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