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Quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca,


"We often want one thing and pray for another, not telling the truth even to the gods."


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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (more quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca or books by/about Lucius Annaeus Seneca)


(4 B.C.-A.D. 65) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, "Seneca the Younger"

Source:

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XCV: On the usefulness of basic principles, line 2.

Categories:

Prayer, God, Truth, Distrust

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