The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.
SENECA THE YOUNGERAll art is but imitation of nature.
More Seneca the Younger Quotes
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Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
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What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law.
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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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There’s no delight in owning anything unshared.
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It’s unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.
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People do not die – they kill themselves.
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Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.
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He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations.
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Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
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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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Don’t stumble over something behind you.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
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Virtue with some is nothing but successful temerity.
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As long as we are among humans, let us be humane.
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Consider, when you are enraged at any one, what you would probably think if he should die during the dispute.
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