The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe kind of solace that arises from having company in misery is spiteful.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.
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There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won’t make the crooked straight.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.
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Choose as a guide one whom you will admire more when you see him act than when you hear him speak.
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He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
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It is by the benefit of letters that absent friends are in a manner brought together.
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He who repents of having sinned is almost innocent.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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It is to the interest of the commonwealth of mankind that there should be someone who is unconquered, someone against whom fortune has no power.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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