Anger, Mercy, Revenge Quotes

“It's not on our account that the world enjoys the cycle of winter and summer: such things follow their own laws, by which the divine purpose is carried out.20' We think too much of ourselves if we fancy
ourselves worthy of causing such great stirrings. None of these things, then, happens with the aim of wronging us-rather, quite the opposite, none of these things happens save for our well-being.”
― Seneca, Anger, Mercy, Revenge

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― Seneca, Anger, Mercy, Revenge

“The wish to rage about should cease before there ceases to be cause for rage. Otherwise, just as trees that have been pruned send forth the most branches, and many kinds of plants are cut back so that they’ll sprout more thickly, so a king’s cruelty swells his enemy’s ranks by destroying them: for every one who’s killed, there are parents and children and kinsmen and friends to take his place. 9 I want to persuade you of this truth with”
― Seneca, Anger, Mercy, Revenge