Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

Seneca the Younger

• Money
• Passion
• Worry
• Easier
• Deny
• Admittance

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• It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Money
  • Passion
  • Worry