Lettera 103

On Flattery

De adulatione

Riassunto

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

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Translated by Richard M. Gummere, 1917

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Lettere correlate

Lettera 3: On True and False Friendship

Both discuss true versus false friends

Lettera 59: On Pleasure and Joy

Honesty versus flattery