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“If you are wise, mingle these two elements: do not hope without despair, or despair without hope.
— Seneca the Younger
Stoic philosopher
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius) / Letter CIV: On Care of Health and Peace of Mind, Line 12
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