Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.

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• Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.

  

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