Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils to surrender

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils to surrender Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils to surrender to them our freedom in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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