"It is the superfluous things for which men sweat, - superfluous things that wear our togas theadbare, that force us to grow old in camp, that dash us upon foreign shores."

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This reflection on fashion by Lucius Annaeus Seneca resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in fashion is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger, usually known mononymously as Seneca, was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome, a statesman, a dramatist, and in one work (Apocolocyntosis) a satirist from the post-Augustan age of Latin literature.

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