“He who least likes courting favour, ought also least to think of resenting neglect; to feel wounded at being refused a distinction can only arise from an overweening appetite to have it.”
Plutarch
The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, Vol 1
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
-
Working on it...
Similar quotes
“It is certain, I think, that the best government is the one that governs the least. But there is a much-neglected corollary: the best citizen is the one who least needs governing.”
Wendell Berry
The Long-Legged House
“Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.”
Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay
“It was like he was in a contest to see who could do the least work, only he was the only contestant.”
Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Dairy Queen
“But it is only people who have plenty of money who can despise it. To the rest of us it is important. It can at least put food in our stomachs clothes on our backs, and it can at least feed our dreams.”
Mary Balogh
Slightly Sinful
“A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.”
Frank Lloyd Wright