“You can tell the character of every man when you see how he gives and receives praise.”

—  Seneca the Younger

Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LII: On choosing our teachers, Line 12.

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qualis quisque sit scies, si quemadmodum laudet, quemadmodum laudetur aspexeris.

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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BC

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