On virtue as a refuge from worldly distractions
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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.
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One man is saddened when his children die; another is anxious when they become ill; a third is embittered when they do something disgraceful, or suffer a taint in their reputation.
One man, you will observe, is tortured by passion for his neighbour’s wife, another by passion for his own.
You will find men who are completely upset by failure to win an election, and others who are actually plagued by the offices which they have won.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On virtue as a refuge from worldly distractions
Location: Chapter 74, Section 2
Content:
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One man is saddened when his children die; another is anxious when they become ill; a third is embittered when they do something disgraceful, or suffer a taint in their reputation.
One man, you will observe, is tortured by passion for his neighbour’s wife, another by passion for his own.
You will find men who are completely upset by failure to win an election, and others who are actually plagued by the offices which they have won.