On wisdom and retirement
68:1
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The second volume of Seneca's moral letters to Lucilius. Each letter contains Seneca's advice and wisdom won from a life of Roman politics.
1.
I fall in with your plan; retire and conceal yourself in repose.
But at the same time conceal your retirement also.
In doing this, you may be sure that you will be following the example of the Stoics, if not their precept.
But you will be acting according to their precept also; you will thus satisfy both yourself and any Stoic you please.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On wisdom and retirement
Location: Chapter 68, Section 1
Content:
1.
I fall in with your plan; retire and conceal yourself in repose.
But at the same time conceal your retirement also.
In doing this, you may be sure that you will be following the example of the Stoics, if not their precept.
But you will be acting according to their precept also; you will thus satisfy both yourself and any Stoic you please.