“You must lay aside the burdens of the mind; until you do this, no place will satisfy you.”

— Seneca the Younger, book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXVIII: On travel as a cure for discontent

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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BC

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