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Ille, quis-
quis desidiosum otium et gulae ac libidinis vices
felicitatem vocat, bonum malae rei quaerit auctorem
et, cum illo venit blando nomine inductus, sequitur
voluptatem non quam audit, sed quam attulit, et vitia
sua cum coepit putare similia praeceptis, indulget
illis non timide, nec obscure luxuriatur sed iam inde
aperto capite. Itaque non dicam, quod plerique
nostrorum, sectam Epicuri flagitiorum magistram
esse, sed illud dico : male audit, infamis est, et im-
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merito. Hoc scire qui potest nisi interius admissus ?
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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