# De Ira 1.21

Seneca the Younger, De Ira, Book 1. Latin.

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1. Nihil ergo in ira, ne cum uidetur quidem uehemens et deos hominesque despiciens, magnum, nihil nobile est. Aut si uidetur alicui magnum animum ira producere, uideatur et luxuria — ebore sustineri uult, purpura uestiri, auro tegi, terras transferre, maria concludere, flumina praecipitare, nemora suspendere; 2. uideatur et auaritia magni animi — aceruis auri argentique incubat et prouinciarum nominibus agros colit et sub singulis uilicis latiores habet fines quam quos consules sortiebantur; 3. uideatur et libido magni animi — transnat freta, puerorum greges castrat, sub gladium mariti uenit morte contempta; uideatur et ambitio magni animi — non est contenta honoribus annuis; si fieri potest, uno nomine occupare fastus uult, per omnem orbem titulos disponere. 4. Omnia ista, non refert in quantum procedant extendantque se, angusta sunt, misera depressa; sola sublimis et excelsa uirtus est, nec quicquam magnum est nisi quod simul placidum. Seneca the Younger The Latin Library The Classics Page

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