Seneca: It is disgraceful, instead of proceeding ahead, to be carried along, and then suddenly, amid the whirlpool of events, to

It is disgraceful, instead of proceeding ahead, to be carried along, and then su — Seneca

It is disgraceful, instead of proceeding ahead, to be carried along, and then suddenly, amid the whirlpool of events, to ask in a dazed way: “How did I get into this condition?”

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