We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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- Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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- The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.
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- The greatest remedy for anger is delay.