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Plus dolet quam necesse est, qui ante dolet quam necesse est eadem enim infirmitate dolorem non aestimat, qua non exspectat eadem intemperantia fingit sibi perpetuam felicitatem suam, fingit crescere debere quaecumque contigerunt, non tantum durare et oblitus huius petauri, quo humana iactantur, sibi uni fortuitorum constantiam spondet. Quae ista dementia est malum suum antecedere? Denique ut breviter includam quod sentio, et istos satagios ac sibi molestos describam tibi, tam intemperantes in ipsis miseriis quam sunt ante illas. Nihil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere. Potest fortunam cavere, qui potest ferre. In hoc ipsum tibi plurimum conferet fiducia et ad tolerandum omne obfirmata mens. Quodcumque laesurum est, multo ante quam accidat, speculare et averte. Quidquid consilio prospici potest, prospice. Forgetful of the balance upon which all human affairs are chanced, one safeguards for himself only the consistency of chance.” This kind of a person does not put his sorrow in perspective for the same reason he does not expect it-because of the same intemperance he imagines that his own happiness will last forever and that whatever he encounters will continue to improve as long as they last. The person suffers more than is needed who suffers before it is needed. Nothing is more pitiful or foolish than fearing things ahead of time! What is this insanity in anticipating your troubles!įinally, to summarize briefly what I believe and to outline for you those troublemakers and self-abusers-for they are as intemperate in their misfortunes as they were before them. Certainly, there are no rolling waves on tranquil waters. Whoever can endure fortune, can also beware of it. Qui animam cum corpore confundant, intertum otium mentis et corporis conju gere, reliquon spe. In this, confidence and a mind hardened enough to tolerate everything will bring you the greatest aid. Whatever would do you harm, spot it and avoid it long before it happens. Whatever can be anticipated through planning, anticipate. Rather, you should avoid whatever makes you fear. “Therefore I do not suggest that you be indifferent.
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