On old age
12:3
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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Then I turned to the door and asked: “Who is that broken-down dotard?
You have done well to place him at the entrance; for he is outward bound.
Where did you get him?
What pleasure did it give you to take up for burial some other man’s dead?” But the slave said: “Don’t you know me, sir?
I am Felicio; you used to bring me little images.
My father was Philositus the steward, and I am your pet slave.” “The man is clean crazy,” I remarked. “Has my pet slave become a little boy again?
But it is quite possible; his teeth are just dropping out.”
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On old age
Location: Chapter 12, Section 3
Content:
3.
Then I turned to the door and asked: “Who is that broken-down dotard?
You have done well to place him at the entrance; for he is outward bound.
Where did you get him?
What pleasure did it give you to take up for burial some other man’s dead?” But the slave said: “Don’t you know me, sir?
I am Felicio; you used to bring me little images.
My father was Philositus the steward, and I am your pet slave.” “The man is clean crazy,” I remarked. “Has my pet slave become a little boy again?
But it is quite possible; his teeth are just dropping out.”