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Read & copy the quotation
“It is equally faulty to trust everyone and to trust no one.”
- Date
- c. 63–65
- English wording
- Richard M. Gummere — Translator · from Latin
Meaning of “It is equally faulty to trust everyone and…”
Seneca rejects both unguarded disclosure to everyone and suspicion of everyone. Choosing confidants carefully differs from refusing all intimacy; the letter argues for judgment before friendship and trust within it.
Where does it come from?
Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 3, section 4, Richard M. Gummere translation. The sentence follows a contrast between people who disclose private worries to strangers and those who cannot confide even in close friends; it is not a demand to trust every person equally.
