On wisdom and retirement
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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.
13.
Let us do what men are wont to do when they are late in setting forth, and wish to make up for lost time by increasing their speed—let us ply the spur.
Our time of life is the best possible for these pursuits; for the period of boiling and foaming is now past.
The faults that were uncontrolled in the first fierce heat of youth are now weakened, and but little further effort is needed to extinguish them.
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 13
Content:
13.
Let us do what men are wont to do when they are late in setting forth, and wish to make up for lost time by increasing their speed—let us ply the spur.
Our time of life is the best possible for these pursuits; for the period of boiling and foaming is now past.
The faults that were uncontrolled in the first fierce heat of youth are now weakened, and but little further effort is needed to extinguish them.