On some vain syllogisms
85:12
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.
13.
But what folly it is, when the beginnings of certain things are situated outside our control, to believe that their endings are within our control!
How have I the power to bring something to a close, when I have not had the power to check it at the beginning?
For it is easier to keep a thing out than to keep it under after you have let it in.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On some vain syllogisms
Location: Chapter 85, Section 12
Content:
13.
But what folly it is, when the beginnings of certain things are situated outside our control, to believe that their endings are within our control!
How have I the power to bring something to a close, when I have not had the power to check it at the beginning?
For it is easier to keep a thing out than to keep it under after you have let it in.