Surely no one would choose to hit a foe so hard as to have his hand get stuck in the wound and be able to withdraw from the blow. But anger is a weap… - Seneca
" "Surely no one would choose to hit a foe so hard as to have his hand get stuck in the wound and be able to withdraw from the blow. But anger is a weapon of just this type; it’s hard to draw it back.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (c. 4 BC – A.D. 65), often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and humorist. He was the son of Seneca the Elder.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Seneca the Younger
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the Younger Seneca
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Lucio Anneo Seneca
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Annaeus Seneca
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca minor
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca Iunior
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L. Annæus Seneca
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger
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Imagine that nature is saying to us: “Those things of which you complain are the same for all. I cannot give anything easier to any man, but whoever wishes will make things easier for himself.” In what way? By equanimity. You must suffer pain, and thirst, and hunger, and old age too, if a longer stay among men shall be granted you; you must be sick, and you must suffer loss and death.
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