“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.”

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

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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BC

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