Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.

Seneca the Younger

• Wife
• Hell
• Neighbor
• Uncomfortable
• Reckless
• Infidelity

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• Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Wife
  • Hell
  • Neighbor