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iam non dubitabis, quin
earum compotes homines magno animo erectoque
viventes semper sint beati, qui omnis motus fortunae
mutationesque rerum et temporum levis et inbecillos
fore intellegant, si in virtutis certamen venerint. illa
enim, quae sunt a nobis bona corporis numerata,
complent ea quidem beatissimam vitam, sed ita, ut
sine illis possit beata vita existere.1 ita enim parvae
et exiguae sunt istae accessiones bonorum, ut, quem
ad modum stellae in radiis solis, sic istae in virtutum
splendore ne cernantur quidem.
Atque hoc ut vere dicitur, parva esse ad beate vivendum momenta ista corporis commodorum, sic
nimis violentum est nulla esse dicere;
1 consistere R
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