Seneca the Younger on Veterans Day
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and courage in adversity.
Let the man, who would be grateful, think of repaying a kindness, even while receiving it.
Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
Would not anyone who is a man have his slumbers broken by a war-trumpet rather than by a chorus of serenaders?
No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it is his own.
Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause.
Arms observe no bounds; nor can the wrath of the sword, once drawn, be easily checked or stayed; war delights in blood.
Worse than war is the very fear of war.
To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.
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