Brief 103

On Flattery

De adulatione

Zusammenfassung

Seneca warns against flattery and sycophancy. He argues that we should prefer honest criticism to false praise.

TugendSelbstprüfungMassen & Gesellschaft

Translated by Richard M. Gummere, 1917

Übersetzungen vergleichen

Verwandte Briefe

Brief 3: On True and False Friendship

Both discuss true versus false friends

Brief 59: On Pleasure and Joy

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