On nature as our best provider
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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.
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Whenever I have made a discovery, I do not wait for you to cry “Shares!” I say it to myself in your behalf.
If you wish to know what it is that I have found, open your pocket; it is clear profit.
What I shall teach you is the ability to become rich as speedily as possible.
How keen you are to hear the news!
And rightly; I shall lead you by a short cut to the greatest riches.
It will be necessary, however, for you to find a loan; in order to be able to do business, you must contract a debt, although I do not wish you to arrange the loan through a middle-man, nor do I wish the brokers to be discussing your rating.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On nature as our best provider
Location: Chapter 119, Section 1
Content:
1.
Whenever I have made a discovery, I do not wait for you to cry “Shares!” I say it to myself in your behalf.
If you wish to know what it is that I have found, open your pocket; it is clear profit.
What I shall teach you is the ability to become rich as speedily as possible.
How keen you are to hear the news!
And rightly; I shall lead you by a short cut to the greatest riches.
It will be necessary, however, for you to find a loan; in order to be able to do business, you must contract a debt, although I do not wish you to arrange the loan through a middle-man, nor do I wish the brokers to be discussing your rating.