On Baiae and morals
51:4
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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We ought to select abodes which are wholesome not only for the body but also for the character.
Just as I do not care to live in a place of torture, neither do I care to live in a café.
To witness persons wandering drunk along the beach, the riotous revelling of sailing parties, the lakes a-din with choral song, and all the other ways in which luxury, when it is, so to speak, released from the restraints of law not merely sins, but blazons its sins abroad,—why must I witness all this?
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On Baiae and morals
Location: Chapter 51, Section 4
Content:
4.
We ought to select abodes which are wholesome not only for the body but also for the character.
Just as I do not care to live in a place of torture, neither do I care to live in a café.
To witness persons wandering drunk along the beach, the riotous revelling of sailing parties, the lakes a-din with choral song, and all the other ways in which luxury, when it is, so to speak, released from the restraints of law not merely sins, but blazons its sins abroad,—why must I witness all this?