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"We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods."

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About Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist active in the first century CE. His moral essays and letters became foundational texts in Stoic thought.

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