What did Seneca the Younger mean by: We pardon familiar vices. - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain Copy
+ Eyes will not see when the heart wishes them to be blind. Explain Feraz Zeid, August 6, 2023December 24, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Eye, Heart, Vision, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ We never reflect how pleasant it is to ask for nothing. Feraz Zeid, October 6, 2023December 26, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Pleasant, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing. Explain Feraz Zeid, August 5, 2023December 24, 2023, Seneca the Younger, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary. Feraz Zeid, August 30, 2023December 26, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Ease, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024February 8, 2024, Seneca the Younger, Deeds, Punishment, Wickedness, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ Wisdom teaches us to do, as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a colour. Explain Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 11, 2024, Seneca the Younger, Action, Our Words, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
+ Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to. Feraz Zeid, October 12, 2023December 26, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Extremes, First, Remedy, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
Money has never yet made anyone rich. Feraz Zeid, June 10, 2023December 12, 2023, Seneca the Younger, Money, Rich, 0 - Seneca the Younger Philosopher · Spain
Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Who does not sufficiently hate vice, does not sufficiently love virtue. - Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Poet · France
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