I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
SENECAIf you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
More Seneca Quotes
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Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms – you’ll be able to use them better when you’re older.
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There is nothing wrong with changing a plan when the situation has changed.
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There is nothing more despicable than an old man who has no other proof than his age to offer of his having lived long in the world.
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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.
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It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
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If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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A good person dyes events with his own colour and turns whatever happens to his own benefit.
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Men can be divided into 2 groups: one that goes ahead and achieves something, and one that comes after and criticizes.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
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Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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