Then it is that the height of unhappiness is reached, when men are not only attracted, but even pleased, by shameful things, and when there is no lon… - Seneca

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Then it is that the height of unhappiness is reached, when men are not only attracted, but even pleased, by shameful things, and when there is no longer any room for a cure, now that those things which once were vices have become habits.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.

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Native Name: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Alternative Names: Seneca the Younger the Younger Seneca Lucio Anneo Seneca Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior L. Annæus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger

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Our minds must have relaxation: rested, they will rise up better and keener. Just as we must not force fertile fields (for uninterrupted production will quickly exhaust them), so continual labor will break the power of our minds. They will recover their strength, however, after they have had a little freedom and relaxation.

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