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"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality."

— Seneca

Moral Letters to Lucilius Letter 13, tr. Richard Mott Gummere

Seneca is one of the Stoic philosophers.

More quotes from Seneca

• "He who is brave is free."
• "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity."
• "Life is like a play: it doesn't matter how long it lasts, but how well it is performed."
• "Life is too short to be wasted on trivial things."
• "True happiness is not needing happiness."

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