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A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
Approximate author period: c. 65 AD · classical
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- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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- Approximate author period: c. 65 AD · classical
Approximate author-period evidence for Seneca the Younger: documented death year 65. Wikidata Q2054, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2054 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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