The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own … - Seneca the Younger

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I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years.

Seneca the Younger

The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company.

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