On reformation
25:3
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3.
There is no better time to approach him than now, when he has an interval of rest and seems like one who has corrected his faults.
Others have been cheated by this interval of virtue on his part, but he does not cheat me.
I feel sure that these faults will return, as it were, with compound interest, for just now, I am certain, they are in abeyance but not absent.
I shall devote some time to the matter, and try to see whether or not something can be done.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On reformation
Location: Chapter 25, Section 3
Content:
3.
There is no better time to approach him than now, when he has an interval of rest and seems like one who has corrected his faults.
Others have been cheated by this interval of virtue on his part, but he does not cheat me.
I feel sure that these faults will return, as it were, with compound interest, for just now, I am certain, they are in abeyance but not absent.
I shall devote some time to the matter, and try to see whether or not something can be done.