Seneca: Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter LXIII
“Let our tears flow, but let them also cease; let deepest sighs be drawn from our breast, but let them also find an end.”
Reflection
Seneca gives grief its full permission before he speaks of its limits. If today is a day for tears, that is the whole assignment.
Source record
- Author
- Seneca
- Original source
- Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter LXIII
- Original date
- c. 64 AD
- Edition used
- Trans. Richard M. Gummere, 1917 — public domain
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