Seneca, Epistles 73.3

ID: 58FA5E7A-6ED2-4EFC-874C-1A91AED56DD5
TRANSLATOR: Long
CATEGORY: [[id:8D07F2BD-C53A-4551-A615-7C2FE5925A11][Desire]]
AUTHOR: Seneca
TEXT: Epistles

Those who are politically active never give a thought to how many people they have overtaken, but only to those who are out in front. The pleasure of seeing many behind them is nothing to the pain of seeing even one still ahead. All forms of ambition have this defect; they never look back. Nor is it only ambition that finds no rest, but every form of desire, for desire is always beginning afresh from its fulfillment.