The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGEROur words should aim not to please, but to help.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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The first step towards amendment is the recognition of error.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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A thousand approaches lie open to death.
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The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.
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A benefit consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.
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There is no genius without a mixture of madness.
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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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Leisure without literature is death and burial alive.
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Those whom true love has held, it will go on holding.
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He who receives a benefit with gratitude, repays the first installment of it.
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When once ambition has passed its natural limits, its progress is boundless.
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The part of life which we really live is short.
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Be not too hasty either with praise or blame; speak always as though you were giving evidence before the judgement-seat of the Gods.
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The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
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The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
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