The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGERThat day which you fear as being the end of all things is the birthday of your eternity.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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We are taught for the schoolroom, not for life.
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The intellect must not be kept at consistent tension, but diverted by pastimes…. The mind must have relaxation, and will rise stronger and keener after recreation.
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Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
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It is the sign of a weak mind to be unable to bear wealth.
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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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It is expedient for the victor to wish for peace restored; for the vanquished it is necessary.
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His head was turned by too great success.
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
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I was not born for one corner. The whole world is my native land.
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The world itself is too small for the covetous.
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After death there is nothing.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Tranqility is a certain quality of mind, which no condition or fortune can either exalt or depress.
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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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Drunkenness doesn’t create vices, but it brings them to the fore.
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