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We suffer more in imagination than in reality.
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic, Letter XIII
Anxiety
5 quotes on anxiety from the Stoic tradition.
He suffers more than necessary, who suffers before it is necessary.
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic, Letter XCVIII
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
— Seneca
On the Shortness of Life, Chapter 16
True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.
— Seneca
On the Happy Life
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
— Seneca
Letters from a Stoic, Letter 13