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I am glad to learn, in order that I may teach. Nothing will ever please me, no matter how excellent or beneficial, if I must retain the knowledge of it to myself.
Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter VI, c. 64 AD
Translated by Richard M. Gummere · Stoic philosophy
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Written in the final years of Seneca's life, the 124 Letters to Lucilius are his most personal work—a sustained meditation on how to live well addressed to a younger friend.

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