There are certain things whose beginnings lie in our own power, but which, when developed, drag us along by their own force and leave us no retreat.
― SenecaOn Anger (Book I, Chapter 7)More from Seneca
View all quotes“Other vices can be concealed and cherished in secret; anger shows itself openly and appears in the countenance, and the greater it is, the more plainly it boils forth.”
― SenecaOn Anger (Book I, Chapter 1)
“Mankind is born for mutual assistance, anger for mutual ruin: the former loves society, the latter estrangement.”
― SenecaOn Anger (Book I, Chapter 5)
“The most trustworthy virtue is that which long and carefully considers itself, controls itself, and slowly and deliberately brings itself to the front.”
― SenecaOn Anger (Book I, Chapter 11)