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Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.
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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