On facing hardships
96:3
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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It was disease of the bladder that made you apprehensive; downcast letters came from you; you were continually getting worse; I will touch the truth more closely, and say that you feared for your life.
But come, did you not know, when you prayed for long life, that this was what you were praying for?
A long life includes all these troubles, just as a long journey includes dust and mud and rain.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On facing hardships
Location: Chapter 96, Section 3
Content:
3.
It was disease of the bladder that made you apprehensive; downcast letters came from you; you were continually getting worse; I will touch the truth more closely, and say that you feared for your life.
But come, did you not know, when you prayed for long life, that this was what you were praying for?
A long life includes all these troubles, just as a long journey includes dust and mud and rain.