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He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker than thee. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65De Ira (On Anger); Book III, Chapter V
- Anger
- Forgiveness
He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65De Beneficiis (On Benefits): Book 2, cap. 22, line 1.
- Charity
The conclusion is, not that hardships are desirable, but that virtue is desirable, which enables us patiently to endure hardships.
Seneca the Younger5 BC–AD 65Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXVII: On Ill-Health and Endurance of Suffering
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
Robert W. Service1874–1958The Cremation of Sam McGee (1907)In context
- Honor
- Responsibility
I have learned, by some experience, that virtue and patriotism, vice and selfishness, are found in all parties, and that they differ less in their motives than in the policies they pursue.
William H. Seward1801–1872On the Irrepressible Conflict (1858)
- Politics
How comes it to pass then, that we appear such Cowards in reasoning, and are so afraid to stand the Test of Ridicule?
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury1671–1713Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times (1711), Vol. 1, p. 11; “A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm”.
- Courage
- Thinking
Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Julius Caesar (1599), Act II, scene ii.In context
- Courage
If I lose mine honour, I lose myself.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Antony and Cleopatra (1600s), Act III, scene 4, line 22.In context
- Honor
The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Henry IV, Part 1 (1597-8), Act V, scene iv.In context
- Courage
Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Julius Caesar (1599), Act I, scene ii.In context
- Responsibility
He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene II, spoken by HamletIn context
- Character
The time is out of joint. O cursed spite,
That ever I was born to set it right.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Hamlet (c. 1600), Act I, Scene V, spoken by HamletIn context
- Responsibility
- Time
We know what we are, but know not what we may be.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Hamlet (c. 1600), Act IV, Scene V, spoken by OpheliaIn context
- Change
- Character
I dare do all that may become a man;
Who dares do more is none.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Macbeth (c. 1606), Act I, Scene VII, spoken by MacbethIn context
- Courage
- Men
Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill.
William Shakespeare1564–1616Romeo and Juliet (c. 1595), Act III, Scene I, spoken by PrinceIn context
- Forgiveness
- Justice