"What then? Shall I not follow in the footsteps of my predecessors? I shall indeed use the old road, but if I find one that makes a shorter cut and is smoother to travel, I shall open the new road. Men who have made these discoveries before us are not our masters, but our guides. Truth lies open for all; it has not yet been monopolized. And there is plenty of it left even for posterity to discover."

Seneca the Younger

Letter XXXIII - Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius) (c. 65 A.D.)