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Moral Letters Vol II

Seneca

§ Section 7

On drunkenness

83:7

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.

7.

Lo, now the din of the Races sounds about me!

My ears are smitten with sudden and general cheering.

But this does not upset my thoughts or even break their continuity.

I can endure an uproar with complete resignation.

The medley of voices blended in one note sounds to me like the dashing of waves, or like the wind that lashes the tree-tops, or like any other sound which conveys no meaning.