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I started reading the volume by Seneca I got from the library. It promises to be very exciting. The introduction gives some background on Seneca and the world he lived in. I read a few lines and left it for later, but it seems extremely interesting. Then I started the Letters to Lucilius, and I already found a nice quote:
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
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Second letter to Lucilius.
Although the translation in my French version sounds better to me:
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Poverty comes not from a lack of resources, but from an overabundance of desires.
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Back to reading...