On the approaches to philosophy
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Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The final volume of Seneca's moral letters. Common Stoic themes emerge again and again: the unreliability of fortune, the ability to form Stoic resolve, and the importance of virtue.
26.
Just as the purest wine flows from the top of the jar and the thickest dregs settle at the bottom; so in our human life, that which is best comes first.
Shall we allow other men to quaff the best, and keep the dregs for ourselves?
Let this phrase cleave to your soul; you should be satisfied thereby as if it were uttered by an oracle: Each choicest day of hapless human life Flies first.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the approaches to philosophy
Location: Chapter 108, Section 26
Content:
26.
Just as the purest wine flows from the top of the jar and the thickest dregs settle at the bottom; so in our human life, that which is best comes first.
Shall we allow other men to quaff the best, and keep the dregs for ourselves?
Let this phrase cleave to your soul; you should be satisfied thereby as if it were uttered by an oracle: Each choicest day of hapless human life Flies first.