Thursday, August 23, 2007

"Quae fuerant vitia,mores sunt."
(What before had been vices are now manners.)

Seneca,Ep,39

1 comment:

  1. Well, I would love to know what actuated you to reach this inference? I mean, how many examples of the same could you give?

    I think you are either confusing "arrogant behavior" as "vices", or "accepted behavior" as "manners". I would have agreed if you would have said "What was considered arrogant in the past, are now accepted". But vices and manners? I mean........come on! Vices are still vices. And so are manners. Only, our tolerance level has increased a bit. But we havent really turned the world upside down, have we?

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