The Importance of Defeating Virtues

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"How can a man learn in the struggle against his vices, if the time which he gives to learning is only the amount left over from his vices?" "We are so self-complacent that we desire praise for certain actions when we are especially addicted to the very opposite. We agree with those who declare us to be the best and wisest of men, even though they are given to much lying."

Seneca's 59th moral letter to Lucilius.

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