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Seneca's virtue shows forth so live and vigorous in his writings, and the defense is so clear there against some of these imputations, as that of his wealth and excessive spending, that i would not believe any testimony to the contrary.
-Michel De Montaigne
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Seneca's Virtue Shows Forth So Live And

Michel De Montaigne
Seneca's virtue shows forth so live and vigorous in his writings, and the defense is so clear there against some of these imputations, as that of his wealth and excessive spending, that i would not believe any testimony to the contrary.
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