On drunkenness
83:3
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.
To-day has been unbroken; no one has filched the slightest part of it from me.
The whole time has been divided between rest and reading.
A brief space has been given over to bodily exercise, and on this ground I can thank old age—my exercise costs very little effort; as soon as I stir, I am tired.
And weariness is the aim and end of exercise, no matter how strong one is.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On drunkenness
Location: Chapter 83, Section 3
Content:
3.
To-day has been unbroken; no one has filched the slightest part of it from me.
The whole time has been divided between rest and reading.
A brief space has been given over to bodily exercise, and on this ground I can thank old age—my exercise costs very little effort; as soon as I stir, I am tired.
And weariness is the aim and end of exercise, no matter how strong one is.