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Omnis iniuria deminutio
eius est in quem incurrit, nec potest quisquam iniuriam accipere sine aliquo detrimento vel dignitatis
vel corporis vel rerum extra nos positarum. Sapiens
autem nihil perdere potest ; omnia in se reposuit,
nihil fortunae credit, bona sua in solido habet contentus virtute, quae fortuitis non indiget ideoque
nec augeri nec minui potest ; nam et in summum
perducta incrementi non habent locum et nihil eripit
fortuna nisi quod dedit ; virtutem autem non dat,
ideo nec detrahit ; libera est, inviolabilis, immota,
inconcussa, sic contra casus indurat, ut ne inclinari
quidem, nedum vinci possit;
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 1. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1928.
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