There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

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There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

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Nihil tam absurde dici potest, quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosophorum.

Cicero

On Divination · 44 BC

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44 BC Classical antiquity

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Cicero

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Divinatione [Concerning Divination]. c. 44 BC, bk. 2, ch 58, sect. 119.

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