Tears fall, no matter how we try to check them, and by being shed… — Seneca (translated by Richard M. Gummere)

Tears fall, no matter how we try to check them, and by being shed they ease the soul.

Seneca (translated by Richard M. Gummere)

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What turned up: Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter99.15, On Consolation to the Bereaved; Full letter read via Wikisource web text; public-domain1925translation. This sentence explicitly permits natural tears within a much sterner Stoic letter to Marullus; do not represent the whole letter as modern grief counseling.
Work: Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter99.15, On Consolation to the Bereaved
Sources checked: en.wikisource.orgChecked using manual, 20 October 2026Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter99.15, On Consolation to the Bereaved; Full letter read via Wikisource web text; public-domain1925translation. This sentence explicitly permits natural tears within a much sterner Stoic letter to Marullus; do not represent the whole letter as modern grief counseling.

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