"If wisdom were offered me with the proviso……" — Seneca the Younger
"If wisdom were offered me with the proviso that I should keep it shut up and refrain from declaring it, I should refuse. There's no delight in owning anything unshared."
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- There's no delight in owning anything unshared. — Seneca the Younger
- There is no delight in owning anything unshared. — Lucius Annaeus Seneca