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To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.

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Seneca

Roman statesman and stoic philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BCE - 65 AD).

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    ser siempre afortunado y pasar por la vida con un alma que nunca ha conocido el dolor, es ignorar la mitad de la naturaleza.

    हमेशा भाग्यशाली होना, और एक आत्मा के साथ जीवन से गुजरना जो कभी दुख नहीं जाना है, प्रकृति के आधे हिस्से से अनभिज्ञ होना है।

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