"There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.“


-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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There is none made so great, but he may both need the help and service, and stand in fear of the power and unkindness, even of the meanest of mortals.

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