#19: On Anger (De Ira)
Quotes that resonate, from ‘How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management’ by Seneca, selected, translated and introduced by James Romm.
[50]
Let’s consider, every time we find it hard to forgive, whether it’s to our benefit that everyone be implacable.
[51]
How often has the one who refused mercy later sought it? How often has someone thrown himself at the feet of the man he earlier spurned from his own?
[52]
What is more glorious than to change one’s wrath into friendship?
[53]
Someone gets angry; have at him with your good deeds.
[54]
The quarrel immediately drops away if abandoned by either side; there’s no fight unless on equal terms.