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A parentibus fere
vincimur. Nam tam diu illos habemus, quam diu
iudicamus graves et quam diu beneficia illorum non
intellegimus. Cum iam aetas aliquid prudentiae collegit et apparere coepit propter illa ipsa eos amari a nobis debere, propter quae non amabantur, admonitiones, severitatem et inconsultae adulescentiae diligentem custodiam, rapiuntur nobis. Paucos usque ad
verum fructum a liberis percipiendum perduxit aetas ;
ceteri filios onere senserunt.
L. Annaeus Seneca. Moral Essays: volume 3. John W. Basore. London and New York. Heinemann. 1935.
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