Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as … - Seneca the Younger

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Comparing Apple to Netflix is like comparing apples to oranges, especially if the oranges made so many mistakes that people stopped eating oranges and just went back to Blockbuster.

Seneca the Younger

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

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I know that nothing comes to pass but what God appoints; our fate is decreed, and things do not happen by chance, but every man's portion of joy and sorrow is predetermined.

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The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.

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