On the critical condition of Marcellinus
29:11
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
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11. “Who said this?” you ask, as if you were ignorant whom I am pressing into service; it is Epicurus.
But this same watchword rings in your ears from every sect,—Peripatetic, Academic, Stoic, Cynic.
For who that is pleased by virtue can please the crowd?
It takes trickery to win popular approval; and you must needs make yourself like unto them; they will withhold their approval if they do not recognize you as one of themselves.
However, what you think of yourself is much more to the point than what others think of you.
The favour of ignoble men can be won only by ignoble means.
Book: Moral Letters Vol I
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the critical condition of Marcellinus
Location: Chapter 29, Section 11
Content:
11. “Who said this?” you ask, as if you were ignorant whom I am pressing into service; it is Epicurus.
But this same watchword rings in your ears from every sect,—Peripatetic, Academic, Stoic, Cynic.
For who that is pleased by virtue can please the crowd?
It takes trickery to win popular approval; and you must needs make yourself like unto them; they will withhold their approval if they do not recognize you as one of themselves.
However, what you think of yourself is much more to the point than what others think of you.
The favour of ignoble men can be won only by ignoble means.