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Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
Approximate author period: c. 65 AD · classical
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- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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- Approximate author period: c. 65 AD · classical
Approximate author-period evidence for Seneca the Younger: documented death year 65. Wikidata Q2054, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2054 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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