Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind.

Seneca the Younger

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• You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works, if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Mind
  • Ideas
  • Winning