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" for my own part I cannot cordially approve, I merely tolerate, a philosopher who talks of setting bounds to the desires. Is it possible for desire to be kept within bounds? It ought to be destroyed, uprooted altogether. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero , Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated) (Delphi Ancient Classics Book 23)


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Marcus Tullius Cicero quote : for my own part I cannot cordially approve, I merely tolerate, a philosopher who talks of setting bounds to the desires. Is it possible for desire to be kept within bounds? It ought to be destroyed, uprooted altogether.