On rest and restlessness
69:5
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.
Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer; but in the life of which I speak, you must live without being paid.
Scarcely will a whole life-time suffice to bring our vices into subjection and to make them accept the yoke, swollen as they are by long-continued indulgence; and still less, if we cut into our brief span by any interruptions.
Even constant care and attention can scarcely bring any one undertaking to full completion.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On rest and restlessness
Location: Chapter 69, Section 5
Content:
5.
Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer; but in the life of which I speak, you must live without being paid.
Scarcely will a whole life-time suffice to bring our vices into subjection and to make them accept the yoke, swollen as they are by long-continued indulgence; and still less, if we cut into our brief span by any interruptions.
Even constant care and attention can scarcely bring any one undertaking to full completion.