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Seneca Thinks The Gods Are Well Pleased When They See Great Men Contending With Adversity.
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Seneca thinks the gods are well pleased when they see great men contending
with adversity.
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part ii, Sect. 2, Memb. 1, Subsect. 1
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