On Scipio's villa
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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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The second way of setting them out was the following: he set out in similar fashion branches that were strong and of soft bark, as those of young saplings are wont to be.
These grow a little more slowly, but, since they spring from what is practically a cutting, there is no roughness or ugliness in them.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On Scipio's villa
Location: Chapter 86, Section 18
Content:
19.
The second way of setting them out was the following: he set out in similar fashion branches that were strong and of soft bark, as those of young saplings are wont to be.
These grow a little more slowly, but, since they spring from what is practically a cutting, there is no roughness or ugliness in them.