Virtue is its own reward. [and] Ignorance of good and evil is the most
upsetting fact of human life.--Marcus Tullius Cicero "De Finibus" (106-43 BCE)
upsetting fact of human life.--Marcus Tullius Cicero "De Finibus" (106-43 BCE)
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