Some arguments in favour of the simple life
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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.
27.
But I differ from these men; for the conditions in each case are not at all the same.
In the one instance I can take the gold without the serpent, in the other I cannot make the profit without committing the sacrilege.
The gain in the latter case does not lie side by side with the crime; it is blended with the crime.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: Some arguments in favour of the simple life
Location: Chapter 87, Section 27
Content:
27.
But I differ from these men; for the conditions in each case are not at all the same.
In the one instance I can take the gold without the serpent, in the other I cannot make the profit without committing the sacrilege.
The gain in the latter case does not lie side by side with the crime; it is blended with the crime.