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What reason is there to admire ourselves because we are not as bad as the worst?
Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65) Roman statesman, philosopher, playwright [Lucius Annaeus Seneca]
Natural Questions, Preface (1.5) [tr. Corcoran (1921)]
Added on 2-Jul-14 | Last updated 2-Jul-14
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Topics: comparison, evil, perspective, pride, self-admiration, self-respect, vice, virtue
More quotes by Seneca the Younger ADMIRATION, n. Our polite recognition of another’s resemblance to ourselves.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Admiration,”
The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
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Included in
The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 27-Jun-23
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Topics: admiration, ego, self-admiration
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