Exhausted from a long trip more uncomfortable that came into my house late at night in Alba: I do not find nothing ready except my stomach. So tired I throw myself on the couch, without taking the delay of the cook and baker. If something we take lightly, I think, is not serious and nothing should angered, if not magnify ourselves with our anger. My baker has bread, have, however, the factor, the caretaker and the settler. "Bread bad," you say. Wait, good will, the hunger will make soft and white too. So do not eat until hunger not command. So I'll wait, and do not eat before you have a good bread or do not feel disgust at the bad. Getting used to the little
is necessary: \u200b\u200beven the rich and everything will be in place and under adverse conditions that will prevent the satisfaction of its pleasures. No one can have anything you want, but you may not want what has not and enjoy the joys that are offered. Much of freedom consists in a belly moderate enough to withstand the hardships. You can not imagine how much pleasure it gives me the feeling the fatigue goes away by itself, do not seek or masseurs, or bathrooms, the only remedy is time: the rest eliminates the effects of fatigue. A dinner will be any more pleasant than an inaugural banquet. I put, then, my mind suddenly to the test and therefore I have drawn a more sincere and true. If the mind is prepared and requires to be patient, his firm is not real clear. The tests are safer than sudden, if faced with grief is not only resigned, but quiet, if not in outburst gives and does not attack trouble, and if to make up for what should have been allocated do not want, and think that something is missing in its habits, but not for himself.
futility of many things we notice only when they begin to fail: we use it not for need, but because we do. And how many things, then we procure, since they possess the other or because almost everyone! Here is one of the causes of our problems: we live by imitating others and we do not adjust by reason, but drag habit. One thing I did in a matter of if, not I'm Trying, when it becomes a fashion to follow, if it were more just because it is more widespread, the error when it becomes common, it occupies the place in us good. All travel now as if they precede the Numidian cavalry and a host of tread would be a shame not to have anyone that makes passers-by and dodge monsters, raising a cloud of dust, which goes a great man! All have now mules laden with china, crystal Murro, chiseled by hand by great artists would be a shame if that seemed unbreakable stuff in storage ports only! All young slaves dragging behind her face greasy cream because the sun or the cold will not ruin their delicate skin: it would be a shame if there was any result in your slave, his face without the need for fresh cream.
avoid talking with all these individuals are to submit their vices and disseminate a place to another. It seemed that the detractors were the worst kind: and yet there are those who spread the vices. Their speeches are actually dangerous: while there and then have no effect, in our souls sow the seeds of evil and follow us even when we're away: evil will be developed later. When one has attended a concert in my ears echoes the rhythm and sweetness of this music, which prevents him from thinking about and dealing with serious things, so the speech of flatterers and those who praise the bad things we are not impressed when they we hear more. It is not easy to get rid of that sweet music: intervals and persistently pursues us back. Rifiutiamoci, so far dishonest from the beginning to hear those words, because their audacity is increased when taking hold and we will accept. Then you get to this point: "Virtue, philosophy, and justice are empty high-sounding words, the only happiness is to live well, eat, drink, enjoy the wealth: this is life, remember that this is going to die. I day goes by and life runs unabated. We doubt? What is the wisdom and leads one to be frugal at our age, but now we can enjoy the pleasures (in the future we will be unable to do so), but rather we feel the need , and so before his death and even now deprive of all it will take us away? Do not have a mistress, does not have a guy who arouses the jealousy of the lover, every day you show sober, and eat as if I were to refer to your father's book of accounts: this is not live, but watching others live. What madness to take care of the assets intended to deprive the heir and everything to be a friend of an enemy with a large inheritance, and his joy at your death will be proportionate to the legacy. These stringent censors and grim life of others, enemies of our own tutors universal, not keep them any importance and do not hesitate to prefer the good life with a good reputation. "We need to escape these voices like that in front of Ulysses would not pass unless bound. Their power is the same: away from home, by parents, Friends, by virtue *** and push us to a shameful and miserable life. How best to follow the right path and get to enjoy only honesty. And it will achieve this goal by realizing that there are two categories of things to draw us or reject us. Wealth, pleasure, beauty, ambition, and more that's flattering and persuasive attract us and we reject fatigue, death, grief, shame, standard of living is too austere. Esercitiamoci, therefore, do not be afraid and do not want each other. We fight in two different ways worse: in front of enticements, we face the difficulties. Can not you see how different the position of one who falls and one that goes up? Who bears the burden falls the body back, who goes leans forward. Bring forward your weight down or bring it back uphill means, my dear Lucilius, hold a position flawed. The road to the pleasures is downhill, towards actions difficult and demanding it is steep: in this case we have to push the body forward, another stop.
think that I now declare dangerous to our ears just like those who praise and those who instills the fear of pain, terrible things already? In my opinion there is also harm those people who under the mask of stoicism urge us to vices. They say that only the wise man knows how to love and trained. "It is only suitable for this art, and it is also the most experienced in eating and drinking with friends. We see up to what age should young people love. "These habits let's leave them to the Greeks, rather we send our ears to these maxims:" No one is honest to the event: virtue must be learned. Pleasure is something vile and despicable, worthless, common also to the beasts: we aspire to be lower and more despicable. The glory is vain and ephemeral, more unstable air. Poverty is bad only for those who are not accepted. Death is not a bad thing: ask what is it? The only law the same for all men. Superstition is pure madness: he fears that the gods should love those who worship and profane. What is the difference, in fact, among the refuse gods and dishonor? "These maxims are learned, or rather learned by heart the philosophy does not have to apologize to the vice. He did not hope to heal the sick if the doctor pushes all'intemperanza. Take care.
SENECA
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