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

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Weapons Quotes

That grief is light which can take counsel.

That grief is light which can take counsel.

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days...

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor,...

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

We live not according to reason, but according to fashion

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

We are more often frightened than hurt: our troubles spring more often from fancy than...

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Abstinence is easier than temperance

Abstinence is easier than temperance

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in...

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

The important thing about a problem is not its solution, but the strength we gain...

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 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...

For greed, all nature is too little.

For greed, all nature is too little.

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

Fear drives the wretched to prayer

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it...

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Alcohol is the cause and the solution to many of life's problems.

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives...

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives...