On facing the world with confidence
105:2
Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The final volume of Seneca's moral letters. Common Stoic themes emerge again and again: the unreliability of fortune, the ability to form Stoic resolve, and the importance of virtue.
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Now, of all these, contempt is the least harmful, so much so that many have skulked behind it as a sort of cure.
When a man despises you, he works you injury, to be sure, but he passes on; and no one persistently or of set purpose does hurt to a person whom he despises.
Even in battle, prostrate soldiers are neglected: men fight with those who stand their ground.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On facing the world with confidence
Location: Chapter 105, Section 2
Content:
2.
Now, of all these, contempt is the least harmful, so much so that many have skulked behind it as a sort of cure.
When a man despises you, he works you injury, to be sure, but he passes on; and no one persistently or of set purpose does hurt to a person whom he despises.
Even in battle, prostrate soldiers are neglected: men fight with those who stand their ground.