Seneca, Epistles 59.11

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TRANSLATOR: Long
CATEGORY: [[id:3B91B13C-0961-49E0-AF8F-0786A3170346][Valuation]]
AUTHOR: Seneca
TEXT: Epistles

What hinders us most of all is that we are quickly satisfied with ourselves. If we find someone willing to say that we are good men, sensible and chaste, we readily acknowledge the description. We are not content with a modicum of praise: whatever shameless flattery heaps onto us, we accept as if it were our due. When people insist that we are fine men, extzremely wise men, we accept their account of us, even though we know them to be frequent and copious liars.