On the quality, as contrasted with the length, of life
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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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There are books which contain very few lines, admirable and useful in spite of their size; and there are also the Annals of Tanusius,—you know how bulky the book is, and what men say of it.
This is the case with the long life of certain persons,—a state which resembles the Annals of Tanusius!
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the quality, as contrasted with the length, of life
Location: Chapter 93, Section 11
Content:
11.
There are books which contain very few lines, admirable and useful in spite of their size; and there are also the Annals of Tanusius,—you know how bulky the book is, and what men say of it.
This is the case with the long life of certain persons,—a state which resembles the Annals of Tanusius!