Minucius Felix

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    As on the highroad he who walks lightest walks with most ease, so on the journey of
    life more happiness comes from lightening the needs by poverty than from panting under a
    burden of wealth.
    —Marcus Minucius Felix (2nd or 3rd cen. A.D.)

    The body in the grave is like the tree in winter; they conceal their greenness under a show of dryness.... We too must wait for the springtime of the body.
    —Marcus Minucius Felix (2nd or 3rd cent. A.D.)

    You punish crimes committed, with us the thought of crime is a sin; you fear the voice of witness, we the sole voice of conscience.
    —Marcus Minucius Felix (2nd or 3rd cen. A.D.)