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Tuesday, April 20, 2021
A Source of Great Pleasure
Cicero, De Finibus 1.19.62 (tr. H. Rackham):
He derives no inconsiderable pleasure from comparing his own existence with the life of the foolish.
cum stultorum vitam cum sua comparat, magna afficitur voluptate.