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Saturday, June 05, 2021
Pain and Pleasure
Seneca, Thyestes 596-597 (tr. John G. Fitch):
No state is lasting; pain and pleasure
give way in turn; pleasure is briefer.
nulla sors longa est; dolor ac voluptas
invicem cedunt; brevior voluptas.