On wisdom and retirement
68:3
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.
3.
I now return to the advice which I set out to give you,—that you keep your retirement in the background.
There is no need to fasten a placard upon yourself with the words: “Philosopher and Quietist.” Give your purpose some other name; call it ill-health and bodily weakness, or mere laziness.
To boast of our retirement is but idle self-seeking.
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 3
Content:
3.
I now return to the advice which I set out to give you,—that you keep your retirement in the background.
There is no need to fasten a placard upon yourself with the words: “Philosopher and Quietist.” Give your purpose some other name; call it ill-health and bodily weakness, or mere laziness.
To boast of our retirement is but idle self-seeking.