Some because they are deserving, some to make them deserving (Seneca)
August 29th, 2006 | Published in Life, Quotes
Have some [slaves] dine with you because they are deserving, some to make them deserving. .
—Seneca (ca. 4 BC–AD 65), “Slaves” in The Art of the Personal Essay by Phillip Lopate (1994), p. 14