A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands

Quote by Seneca

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Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may...

Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may...

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Courage leads to heaven; fear to death.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

The belly will not listen to advice

The belly will not listen to advice

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Whatever is to make us better and happy, God has placed either openly before us...

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who has great power should use it lightly.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

To greed, all nature is insufficient.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

Fidelity that is bought with money may be overcome with money

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Faithful women are all alike, they think only of their fidelity, never of their husbands.

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the...

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the...