# De Ira 3.38

Seneca the Younger, De Ira, Book 3. Latin.

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1. Contumeliam tibi fecit aliquis: numquid maiorem quam Diogeni philosopho Stoico, cui de ira cum maxime disserenti adulescens proteruus inspuit? Tulit hoc ille leniter et sapienter: 'non quidem' inquit 'irascor, sed dubito tamen an oporteat irasci.' 2. Quanto <Cato> noster melius! qui, cum agenti causam in frontem mediam quantum poterat adtracta pingui saliua inspuisset Lentulus ille patrum nostrorum memoria factiosus et inpotens, abstersit faciem et 'adfirmabo' inquit 'omnibus, Lentule, falli eos qui te negant os habere.'

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