I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
— Seneca  ·  Quotations

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ashamed [ə'ʃemd] 词频2 词根: a
adj. 惭愧的，羞耻的，害臊的;难为情;
💡 a加强意义+sham羞耻+ed...的→羞耻的
"She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party."
她对自己在聚会上的行为深感羞愧。
近义：humiliated, mortified, shamed, shamefaced, timid, blushing 反义：hotheaded, impassioned, proudhearted, brave, elated, exalted
author ['ɔθɚ] 词频1 词根: 增加
n. 著作家;作者;创造者;发起人; vt. 创作出版;
💡 aug, auc, auth 增加,增长#词根助记：auth 增加 + -or 人 -> 促进,发起,创造 -> 创作 -> 作家,著者
"After the play they called for the author to show himself."
剧终之后他们请求编剧和大家见面.
近义：issue, publish, artificer, maker, originator, builder
line [laɪn] 词频1 词根: /lə/
n. 线条;排;行列;界线; vt. 排队;用线标出;沿…排列成行;给…安衬里; vi. 形成一层;排队;击出平直球;
"workers on the assembly line"
装配线上的工人
近义：overlay, recap, resurface, clad, coat, cover
citing
n. 引用, 引证；举例

📜 Seneca 的更多名言

"Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received."
"The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one."
"If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living."
"Unjust dominion cannot be eternal."
"There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it will never be rich."
"What once were vices are manners now."
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🏷 更多「Quotations」名言

"I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express."
— Caldwell O'Keefe
"Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A book of quotations . . . can never be complete."
— Robert M. Hamilton
"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever."
— Anonymous
"Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language."
— Samuel Johnson
"Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another."
— Ambrose Bierce
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