On Vatia's villa
55:9
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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9.
You may hold converse with your friends when they are absent, and indeed as often as you wish and for as long as you wish.
For we enjoy this, the greatest of pleasures, all the more when we are absent from one another.
For the presence of friends makes us fastidious; and because we can at any time talk or sit together, when once we have parted we give not a thought to those whom we have just beheld.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On Vatia's villa
Location: Chapter 55, Section 9
Content:
9.
You may hold converse with your friends when they are absent, and indeed as often as you wish and for as long as you wish.
For we enjoy this, the greatest of pleasures, all the more when we are absent from one another.
For the presence of friends makes us fastidious; and because we can at any time talk or sit together, when once we have parted we give not a thought to those whom we have just beheld.