On the value of advice
94:71
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.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the value of advice
Location: Chapter 94, Section 71
Content:
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.