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My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable.
My dear Scipio and Laelius. Men, of course, who have no resources in themselves for securing a good and happy life find every age burdensome. But those who look for all happiness from within can never think anything bad which Nature makes inevitable.
Approximate author period: c. 75 BC · classical
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- Marcus Tullius Cicero
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- Approximate author period: c. 75 BC · classical
Approximate author-period evidence for Cicero: life dates -106 to -43. Wikidata Q1541, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1541 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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