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Marcus Licinius Crassus Agelastus

M. Crassus (Agelastus)

also: M. Crasso, M. Crassus, Agelastos Crassus, the man who laughed but once

A Roman of the early first century BC, grandfather of the triumvir Crassus, proverbially said by Lucilius to have laughed only once in his life, earning the nickname 'agelastos' (never-laughing). Cicero cites him in De Finibus 5.92 to argue that one lapse from cheerfulness does not destroy a cheerful life.

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On the Ends of Good and Evil philosophy · 2 mentions
Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions

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