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“Meanwhile, hold fast to this thought, and grip it close: yield not to adversity; trust not to prosperity; keep before your eyes the full scope of Fortune’s power, as if she would surely do whatever is in her power to do.
— Seneca the Younger
Stoic philosopher
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius) / Letter LXXVIII: On the Healing Power of the Mind
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