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Quote of Seneca - Reason wishes to give a just...


Biography - Seneca:

Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman (Approximate years of birth and death).
Born: -4 - Died: 65
Period:
1st century
1st century BC
Place of birth: Spain
Spain

Reason wishes to give a just decision; anger wishes its decision to be thought just.



Translation

Translation

(French, Latin)



French
La raison veut décider ce qui est juste ; la colère veut qu'on trouve juste ce qu'elle a décidé.

Latin
Ratio id judicare vult quod aequum est : ira id aequum videri vult quod judicavit.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: reason


Quotes

Quotes about reason:


Have courage to use your own reason!





Truth prevails only to the extent that we successfully assert it. The victory of reason can only be the victory of rational people.





There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.





The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing.





Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken: the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.





The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.











Quotes for: decision


Quotes

Quotes about decision:


I have decided to be happy because it's good for my health.





The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.





All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.





The present is not a potential past; it is the moment of choice and action.





As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.





Only by means of decisions does man enter reality.











Quotes for: anger


Quotes

Quotes for: anger


When someone opposes me, he arouses my attention, not my anger. I go to greet a man who contradicts me, who instructs me.





Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.





With the good man anger is quick to die.





If I were not king, I should lose my temper.





Anger is a short madness.





So when any one makes you angry, know that it is your own thought that has angered you.











Quotes

Seneca also said...


A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The language of truth is simple.





Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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A great part of progress consists in the desire to make progress.





If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.





Let the other side be heard as well.
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