The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhy do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
SENECA THE YOUNGERNothing is more hateful to wisdom than to much cunning.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThere is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTo forgive all is as inhuman as to forgive none
SENECA THE YOUNGERI was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
SENECA THE YOUNGERWhat is more insane than to vent on senseless things the anger that is felt towards men?
SENECA THE YOUNGERConversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
SENECA THE YOUNGERIt’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
SENECA THE YOUNGERDesultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLeisure without literature is death and burial alive.
SENECA THE YOUNGERTota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
SENECA THE YOUNGERMisfortune is the test of a person’s merit.
SENECA THE YOUNGERBe harsh with yourself at times.
SENECA THE YOUNGERLuck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
SENECA THE YOUNGERYou learn to know a pilot in a storm.
SENECA THE YOUNGER