# stoa008 11.4.2

Seneca the Younger (Dialogues), stoa008, Book 11, Chapter 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/seneca-the-younger-dialogues/stoa008/11.4.2

Nam lacrimis nostris nisi ratio finem fecerit, fortuna non faciet. Omnis agedum mortalis circumspice, larga ubique flendi et adsidua materia est. Alium ad cotidianum opus laboriosa egestas vocat, alium ambitio numquam quieta sollicitat, alius divitias, quas optaverat, metuit et voto laborat suo, alium solitudo torquet, alium semper vestibulum obsidens turba ; hic habere se dolet liberos, hic perdidisse. Lacrimae nobis deerunt ante quam causae dolendi.

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Seneca the Younger (Dialogues), stoa008, ed. John William Basore. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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