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Quote from Lucius Annaeus Seneca,


"If any one is angry with you, meet his anger by returning benefits for it: a quarrel which is only taken up on one side falls to the ground: it takes two men to fight."


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Lucius Annaeus Seneca (more quotes by Lucius Annaeus Seneca or books by/about Lucius Annaeus Seneca)


(4 B.C.-A.D. 65) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, "Seneca the Younger"

Source:

Moral Essays, De Ira (On Anger): Book 2, cap. 34, line 5.

Categories:

Anger, Benevolence, Fight, Peace

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