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aptness, it is mere trifles that men purchase with 

 their lives. Yes, my dear Lucilius, if you estimate 

 aright man's madness, in other words, our own for 

 we all wallow in the same herd you will be 

 still more amused by the reflection that we amass 

 for life what in the end wears life out. 



