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Quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca,


"I do not trust my eyes to tell me what a man is: I have a better and more trustworthy light by which I can distinguish what is true from what is false: let the mind find out what is good for the mind."


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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:

Moral Essays, De Vita Beata (On the Happy Life): cap. 2, line 2

Categories:

Trust, Mind, Free Thought, Truth

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