It is no good, pain; bothersome you may be, but you will never persuade me you are evil.
Nullum est malum, dolor; molestus es, sed numquam te malum esse persuadebis mihi.
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Posidonius
Greek Stoic polymath (c. 135-51 BC), called the most learned of his age by Strabo. Based in Rhodes, taught Pompey and Cicero. His Earth figure, via Ptolemy, helped convince Columbus the Atlantic was crossable.
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