The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThe highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom – that deed and word should be in accord.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed.
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You cannot escape necessities, but you can overcome them.
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There is no greater punishment of wickedness that that it is dissatisfied with itself and its deeds.
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In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases.
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A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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Conversation has a kind of charm about it, an insuating and insidious something that elicits secrets from us just like love or liquor.
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We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it’s past already.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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No crime has been without a precedent.
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No man finds it difficult to return to nature except the man who has deserted nature.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or even return the blow, but simply ignore it.
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Injustice never rules forever.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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