Reason wishes that the judgement it gives be just; anger wishes that the judgement it has given seem to be just.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Hesitation is the best cure for anger. The first blows of anger are heavy, but if it waits, it will think again.
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Fate leads the willing, and drags along the reluctant.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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Revenge is an inhuman word.
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Genius has never been accepted without a measure of condonement.
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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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What view is one likely to take of the state of a person’s mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?
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Why will no man confess his faults? Because he continues to indulge in them; a man cannot tell his dream till he wakes.
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Nothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
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Nobody becomes guilty by fate.
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Such as the chain of causes we call Fate, such is the chain of wishes: one links on to another; the whole man is bound in the chain of wishing for ever.
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The shortest road to wealth lies in the contempt of wealth.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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