wretche'd

Updated: May 14, 2025

Those who are actuated by the former motive ought to exert themselves to the very utmost of their power; while such as are influenced by the latter should quietly resign themselves to repose, and not wear out a short life in perishable pursuits, as we see so many doing and then sink at last into utter self-contempt, in the midst of a wretche'd and fruitless course of false industry.

the Younger Pliny - The Letters of Pliny the Younger