Seneca Letter 59 On Pleasure and Joy
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11. What hinders us most of all is that we are too readily satisfied with ourselves; if we meet with someone who calls us good men, or sensible men, or holy men, we see ourselves in his description. Not content with praise in moderation, we accept everything that shameless flattery heaps upon us, as if it were our due.
13. ….We should say to him who flatters us:”You call me a man of sense, but I understand how many of the things which I crave are useless, and how many of the things which I desire will do me harm.
11. What hinders us most of all is that we are too readily satisfied with ourselves; if we meet with someone who calls us good men, or sensible men, or holy men, we see ourselves in his description. Not content with praise in moderation, we accept everything that shameless flattery heaps upon us, as if it were our due.
13. ….We should say to him who flatters us:”You call me a man of sense, but I understand how many of the things which I crave are useless, and how many of the things which I desire will do me harm.
