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Seneca · Moral Letters to Lucilius

Letter 73 (§14)

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Jupiter possesses all things, but he has surely given over the possession of them to others; the only use of them which belongs to him is this: he is the cause of their use to all men. The wise man surveys and scorns all the possessions of others as calmly as does Jupiter, and regards himself with the greater esteem because, while Jupiter cannot make use of them, he, the wise man, does not wish to do so.
Seneca·Letter 73 (§14)·trans. Gummere
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