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Moral Letters Vol III

Seneca

§ Section 71

On the value of advice

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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.

71.

It is so: claqueurs and witnesses are irritants of all our mad foibles.

You can make us cease to crave, if you only make us cease to display.

Ambition, luxury, and waywardness need a stage to act upon; you will cure all those ills if you seek retirement.