On the vanity of place-seeking
118:16
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.
16.
For some things endure according to their kind and their peculiar qualities, even when they are enlarged.
There are others, however, which, after many increments, are altered by the last addition; there is stamped upon them a new character, different from that of yore.
One stone makes an archway—the stone which wedges the leaning sides and holds the arch together by its position in the middle.
And why does the last addition, although very slight, make a great deal of difference?
Because it does not increase; it fills up.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the vanity of place-seeking
Location: Chapter 118, Section 16
Content:
16.
For some things endure according to their kind and their peculiar qualities, even when they are enlarged.
There are others, however, which, after many increments, are altered by the last addition; there is stamped upon them a new character, different from that of yore.
One stone makes an archway—the stone which wedges the leaning sides and holds the arch together by its position in the middle.
And why does the last addition, although very slight, make a great deal of difference?
Because it does not increase; it fills up.