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Illo ergo summum bonum escendat, unde
nulla vi detrahitur, quo neque dolori neque spei nec
timori sit aditus1 nec ulli rei, quae deterius summi
boni ius faciat ; escendere autem illo sola virtus
potest. Illius gradu clivus iste frangendus est ; illa
fortiter stabit et quicquid evenerit feret non patiens
tantum sed etiam volens, omnemque temporum
difficultatem sciet legem esse naturae et ut bonus
miles feret volnera, numerabit cicatrices, et transverberatus telis moriens amabit eum, pro quo cadet,
imperatorem ; habebit illud in animo vetus praecep-
tum : deum sequere !
1 timori sit aditus A5 : timoris ita ditus A1: timori est Gertz : timorist Hermes : timori sit Bourgery.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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