He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it. De Beneficiis
In the case of most pains let this remark of Epicurus aid thee, that the pain is neither intolerable nor everlasting, if thou bear in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination... Book VII
“We are full of fears and anxieties over our position, which makes us doubly cruel and dangerous.” Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
For nothing matters except life; and, of course, order. The Common Reader
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