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Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65) Roman statesman, philosopher, playwright [Lucius Annaeus Seneca]

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

¶ De Tranquillitate Animi [On Tranquility of Mind]

Alt trans. by W.B. Langsdorf (1900): "Should I be surprised that dangers which have always surrounded me should at last attack me? A great part of mankind, when about to sail, do not think of a storm. I shall never be ashamed of a reporter of bad news in a good cause."

Added 07-Dec-2007 | Last update 29-May-2008
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