If you don’t know, ask. You will be a fool for the moment, but a wise man for the rest of your life.
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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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation, which depend upon the future.
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True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future, not to amuse ourselves with either hopes or fears but to rest satisfied with what we have, which is sufficient, for he that is so wants nothing.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
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He who asks with timidity invites a refusal.
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If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.
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He who seeks wisdom is a wise man; he who thinks he has found it is mad.
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Time discovers truth. Time heals what reason cannot.
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.
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Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
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You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.
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No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
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Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
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A sword by itself does not slay; it is merely the weapon used by the slayer.
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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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What were once vices are the fashion of the day.
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Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.
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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
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The Best sign of Wisdom is the consistency between the words and deeds.
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He who is brave is free.
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Many things have fallen only to rise higher.
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Life is long, if you know how to use it.
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Luck is preparation multiplied by opportunity.
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Nothing is so bitter that a calm mind cannot find comfort in it.
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To win true freeedom you must be a slave to philosophy.
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If a man knows not to which port he sails, no wind is favorable.
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