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Sicut
in arvo, quod segeti proscissum est, aliqui flores internascuntur, non tamen huic herbulae, quamvis delectet
oculos, tantum operis insumptum est—aliud fuit
serenti propositum, hoc supervenit—, sic voluptas non
est merces nec causa virtutis sed accessio, nec quia
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delectat placet, sed, si placet, et delectat.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 2. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1932.
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