“Don't ask for what you'll wish you hadn't got.”

— Seneca the Younger

Seneca himself states that he is quoting a 'common saying' here.
Alternate translation: Do not ask for what you will wish you had not got. (translator unknown).
Source: Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XCV: On the usefulness of basic principles, Line 1

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Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist -4–65 BC

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