On the trials of travel
57:4
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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For there are certain emotions, my dear Lucilius, which no courage can avoid; nature reminds courage how perishable a thing it is.
And so he will contract his brow when the prospect is forbidding, will shudder at sudden apparitions, and will become dizzy when he stands at the edge of a high precipice and looks down.
This is not fear; it is a natural feeling which reason cannot rout.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the trials of travel
Location: Chapter 57, Section 4
Content:
4.
For there are certain emotions, my dear Lucilius, which no courage can avoid; nature reminds courage how perishable a thing it is.
And so he will contract his brow when the prospect is forbidding, will shudder at sudden apparitions, and will become dizzy when he stands at the edge of a high precipice and looks down.
This is not fear; it is a natural feeling which reason cannot rout.