"Learn, therefore, to do good to others. Yet be prepared to put up with ingratitude. The things that we wish for do not happen, and the hopes we entertain about others are disappointed. For nature is corrupt and depraved, and the fickleness of hearts is astounding.
When fortune smiles, no one is spiritless that he does not behave insolently toward those whom he is in a position to treat in this manner. As the German proverb points out, no living being is prouder than a louse on a scabby head."
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