Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Ancient Rome
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Philosopher / Statesman
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Philosopher / Statesman
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As long as you live, keep learning how to live
As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall
All cruelty springs from weakness
All art is but imitation of nature
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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