2.
And yet that was a very bold word which I spoke when I assured myself that I should have some quiet, and some uninterrupted retirement.
For lo, a great cheer comes from the stadium, and while it does not drive me distracted, yet it shifts my thought to a contrast suggested by this very noise.
How many men, I say to myself, train their bodies, and how few train their minds!
What crowds flock to the games,—spurious as they are and arranged merely for pastime,—and what a solitude reigns where the good arts are taught!
How feather-brained are the athletes whose muscles and shoulders we admire!
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On worldly deceptions
Location: Chapter 80, Section 2
Content:
2.
And yet that was a very bold word which I spoke when I assured myself that I should have some quiet, and some uninterrupted retirement.
For lo, a great cheer comes from the stadium, and while it does not drive me distracted, yet it shifts my thought to a contrast suggested by this very noise.
How many men, I say to myself, train their bodies, and how few train their minds!
What crowds flock to the games,—spurious as they are and arranged merely for pastime,—and what a solitude reigns where the good arts are taught!
How feather-brained are the athletes whose muscles and shoulders we admire!