To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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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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He grieves more than is necessary who grieves before any cause for sorrow has arisen.
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It is the mind that makes us rich and happy, in what condition soever we are, and money signifies no more to it than it does to the gods.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
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The state of that man’s mind who feels too intense an interest as to future events, must be most deplorable.
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He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.
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Whatever begins, also ends.
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Let the weary at length possess quiet rest.
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The greater part of progress is the desire to progress.
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