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Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 10
Section 565 of 2,141
Canonical reference 53.10
Latin
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Alexander cuidam civitati partem agrorum et dimidium rerum omnium promittenti Eo, inquit, proposito in Asiam veni, ut non id acciperem, quod dedissetis. sed ut id haberetis, quod reliquissem. Idem philosophia rebus omnibus, Non sum hoc tempus acceptura, quod vobis superfuerit, sed id vos habebitis, quod ipsa reiecero.
French
Baillard 1914
elle ne paraît que pour commander. Les habitants d’une ville offraient à Alexandre une
partie de leur territoire et la moitié de tous leurs biens. « Je ne suis pas venu en Asie, leur dit-il, pour recevoir ce que vous me donneriez, mais pour vous laisser ce dont je ne voudrais point. » La philosophie dit de même aux choses de la vie : Je ne veux point du temps que vous auriez de reste; c'est vous qui aurez celui dont je vous ferai l'octroi.»
Voue donc à cette philosophie toutes tes pensées, tes assiduités, ton culte:
English
Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius
Alexander, when a certain state promised him a part of its territory and half its entire property, replied: “I invaded Asia with the intention, not of accepting what you might give, but of allowing you to keep what I might leave.” Philosophy likewise keeps saying to all occupations: “I do not intend to accept the time which you have left over, but I shall allow you to keep what I myself shall leave.”
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