On wisdom and retirement
68:5
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.
5.
It is, however, a sort of vaunting to make too much of one’s concealment and of one’s withdrawal from the sight of men.
So-and-so has gone into his retreat at Tarentum; that other man has shut himself up at Naples; this third person for many years has not crossed the threshold of his own house.
To advertise one’s retirement is to collect a crowd.
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 5
Content:
5.
It is, however, a sort of vaunting to make too much of one’s concealment and of one’s withdrawal from the sight of men.
So-and-so has gone into his retreat at Tarentum; that other man has shut himself up at Naples; this third person for many years has not crossed the threshold of his own house.
To advertise one’s retirement is to collect a crowd.