Seneca the Younger Quotes

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

The men whose manhood you have broken will loathe you, and will always be brooding and scheming to strike a fresh blow.

Too great haste to repay an obligation is a kind of ingratitude.

Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.

Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.

Does my character hate Bree? Well, let's just put it this way. Bree hasn't seen the last of me. I gave that drunk gal a ride home a few episodes ago and she turned on me!

Despise your enemy and you will soon be beaten.

Malice hath a strong memory.

The foreigners are like fish in the stew pan. For 40 years have I lain on brushwood and eaten bitterness because of them

If you'd like to know how the Serbs in my district feel about everything, Mr. President, I can tell you there's not a one of them who wouldn't hang you from the nearest lamppost if they had the chance.

People are so selfish. Those you help are the ones who turn against you.

Hatred will only breed hatred.

Mr. Freeze is motivated by different things. He doesn't really have that much of an axe to grind with Batman. Batman is an irritation and an impediment to him, not an enemy that he hates. He doesn't have the hatred that the Joker has for Batman.

I like to think I'm helping them by hating them. I'm reminding them that they aren't God's gift to humankind.

You know what I wish? I wish all the scum of the Earth had one throat and I had my hands about it.

You killed my Dad." Any trace of kindness or sympathy vanished from Rixon's eyes. "Well this is awkward.

The hatred we bear our enemies injures their happiness less than our own.

The shackles and the chains, the violence and aggression, the pettiness and scorn, the jealousy and hatred, the tempest and discord.

I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all.

If I wanted to punish an enemy, it should be by fastening on him the trouble of constantly hating somebody.

I never forget those who do me a favor, and I never forget those who don't!

Hatred, revenge, bitterness - these are negative emotions. The person harbouring those emotions suffers more.

Enmity is anger watching the opportunity for revenge.

It warms the very sickness in my heart, That I shall live and tell him to his teeth, "Thus diddest thou;"