Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns a nation.

Seneca the Younger

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• He that by harshness of nature rules his family with an iron hand is as truly a tyrant as he who misgoverns a nation.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Hands
  • Nations
  • Iron