How many have had their ruin brought about by the possession of an estate, how many by the enjoyment of office! Every evil that can befall a man comes from himself.
— Seneca Ancient

Stoic philosopher

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Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter 104, Section 28

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c. 65 AD

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