Hardship and Happiness (Ad Marciam De consolatione, Ad Helviam matrem De consolatione, De Consolatione ad Polybium, De Brevitate Vitæ, De Constantia Sapientis, De Tranquillitate Animi, De Otio, De Vita Beata, De Providentia)

by Seneca

And it’s not just the special circumstances of time and place that put them on a par with the needy: when they’re in the grip of boredom with their riches, they pick certain days on which to dine on the ground and, laying aside their gold and silver plate, to use earthenware dishes. What madmen! They always dread this state of poverty that they sometimes crave! What darkness of mind,

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