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A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party there is no battle unless there be two.
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant.
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
...a sword never kills anybody it's a tool in the killer's hand. From Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales, Letters to Lucilius on Morals, Letter 87, c.63-65
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca