9.
Now I will transfer my attention to the musician.
You, sir, are teaching me how the treble and the bass are in accord with one another, and how, though the strings produce different notes, the result is a harmony; rather bring my soul into harmony with itself, and let not my purposes be out of tune.
You are showing me what the doleful keys are; show me rather how, in the midst of adversity, I may keep from uttering a doleful note.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On liberal and vocational studies
Location: Chapter 88, Section 9
Content:
9.
Now I will transfer my attention to the musician.
You, sir, are teaching me how the treble and the bass are in accord with one another, and how, though the strings produce different notes, the result is a harmony; rather bring my soul into harmony with itself, and let not my purposes be out of tune.
You are showing me what the doleful keys are; show me rather how, in the midst of adversity, I may keep from uttering a doleful note.