Seneca the Younger - It is well to be born either a king or a fool.

It is well to be born either a king or a fool.

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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Apocolocyntosis. Translated by W.H.D. Rouse, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1913, p. 373.

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Seneca the Younger

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Nationality: Roman
Profession: Philosopher

Biography

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger (/ˈsɛnɪkə/; c. 4 BC – AD 65), usually known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work, satirist from the Silver Age of Latin literature.

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