Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.

Seneca · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 376

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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.

Seneca · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 376

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W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 376 · attribuzione riportata: Seneca

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