On the futility of half-way measures
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Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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15. “No one,” he says, “leaves this world in a different manner from one who has just been born.” That is not true; for we are worse when we die than when we were born; but it is our fault, and not that of Nature.
Nature should scold us, saying: “What does this mean?
I brought you into the world without desires or fears, free from superstition, treachery and the other curses.
Go forth as you were when you entered!”
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the futility of half-way measures
Location: Chapter 22, Section 15
Content:
15. “No one,” he says, “leaves this world in a different manner from one who has just been born.” That is not true; for we are worse when we die than when we were born; but it is our fault, and not that of Nature.
Nature should scold us, saying: “What does this mean?
I brought you into the world without desires or fears, free from superstition, treachery and the other curses.
Go forth as you were when you entered!”