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esle_n beatissimus_fw-la inquit_fw-la qui_fw-la est_fw-la totus_fw-la aptus_fw-la ex_fw-la se_fw-la quique_fw-la in_o se_fw-la uno_fw-la sva_fw-la ponit_fw-la omne_fw-la contentus_fw-la sis_fw-la temet_fw-la ipso_fw-la &_o ex_fw-la te_fw-la nascentibus_fw-la bonis_fw-la sen._n epist._n 20._o stoicus_fw-la putat_fw-la deum_fw-la ad_fw-la sapienteum_fw-la sic_fw-la dicere_fw-la non_fw-la egere_fw-la felicitate_a felicitas_fw-la vestra_fw-la est_fw-la est_fw-la &_o quo_fw-la deum_fw-la antecedatis_fw-la ille_fw-la extra_fw-la patâ—entiam_fw-la malorum_fw-la est_fw-la vos_fw-la supra_fw-la patientiam_fw-la contemnite_fw-la mortem_fw-la quae_fw-la vos_fw-la aut_fw-la finit_a aut_fw-la transfert_fw-la ante_fw-la omne_fw-la cautum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la quis_fw-la vos_fw-la teneret_fw-la invitos_fw-la nihil_fw-la facilius_fw-la quam_fw-la mori_fw-la etc._n etc._n sen._n de_fw-fr providentia_fw-la cap._n 6._o solcbat_fw-la sextius_n dicere_fw-la jupiter_fw-la plus_fw-la non_fw-la posse_fw-la 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