We are often more afraid than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Stoic philosopher
We are often more afraid than hurt; and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.
Stoic philosopher
Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 13, On the Groundless Fears that Trouble Us (alternative translation)
c. 65 AD
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