emotion Quotes

Bad men are full of repentance.

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through... ...

And, speaking generally, passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force.

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small slights or defeats but to be given to retaliation and revenge, and easily moved to anger by any... ...

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not... ...

For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant.

The law is based on reason, free from strong emotions.

Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.

To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.