Gottfried BennMy youth is like a scab: under it there is a wound that every day leaks blood. It disfigures me.
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Seneca Seneca is a Roman philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and tutor of the young Nero. He has been called the most important of the ancient Roman moralists. His writings cover ethics, politics, rhetoric, poetry, theatre, oratory, history, law, psychology, and religion. A great deal of his work is devoted to the moral improvement of humankind.
He wrote over 70 letters which have survived. The quote about youth being like a scab is an observation that one ages faster than you think. We don't realize that we are getting older until it is too late.
This quote gives us hope that even though we are aging we can still look back on our youth as something beautiful to remember.
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