The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDesultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself.
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While crime is punished it yet increases.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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Luck never made a man wise.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.
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All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.
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The fearful face usually betrays great guilt.
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Time discovers truth.
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The expression of truth is simplicity.
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So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.
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If you wish to be loved, love.
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Persistent kindness conquers the ill-disposed.
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Death is a punishment to some, to others a gift and to many a favour.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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