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Bad people are won over by unwearying goodness that asks no return
Drawn from what Seneca said
What Seneca actually said
- Seneca Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman (c
Bad men are overcome by unwearying goodness, nor does any one receive kindness in so harsh and hostile a spirit as not to love good men even while he does them wrong, when they lay him under the additional obligation of requiring no return for their kindness.
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↗On Benefits (De Beneficiis; Aubrey Stewart translation, 1887)gutenberg.org
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