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Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
Wisdom allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever no man to be happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself no man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
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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