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" Sed animus quoque," inquit, " voluptates
habebit suas." Habeat sane sedeatque luxuriae et
voluptatium arbiter; impleat se eis omnibus, quae
obiectare sensus solent, deinde praeterita respiciat
et exoletarum voluptatium memor exsultet prioribus
futurisque iam immineat ac spes suas ordinet et, dum
corpus in praesenti sagina iacet, cogitationes ad
futuram praemittat : hoc mihi videbitur miserior,
quoniam mala pro bonis legere dementia est. Nec
[p. 114]
sine sanitate quisquam beatus est nec sanus, cui
obfutura pro optimis adpetuntur.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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