Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: " Is this the condition that I feared?"

Seneca the Younger

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• Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: " Is this the condition that I feared?"

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Fear
  • Certain
  • Numbers