Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 25

Illud nullo modo probo, quod ait Metrodorus: esse aliquam cognatam tristitiae voluptatem, hanc esse captandam in eiusmodi tempore. Ipsa Metrodori verba subscripsi. Μητροδώρου ἐπιστολῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀδελφήν. Ἔστιν γάρ τις ἡδονὴ λύπῃ συγγενής, ἣν χρὴ θηρεύειν κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν καιρόν.

« Je n’approuve en aucune façon ce que dit Métrodore, « qu’il est une volupté, sœur de la tristesse, qu’on fera bien de savourer aux jours d’affliction.

And in no wise do I approve of the remark of Metrodorus - that there is a certain pleasure akin to sadness, and that one should give chase thereto at such times as these. I am quoting the actual words of Metrodorus