He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.
Montainge
Montainge
A commonplace book: an old-fashioned literary diary for recording interesting items from reading you've done. I use mine to record snippets from reading, conversation and life in general. (The early 2003 entries are from a period some years ago -- before the blog age -- when I tried an online commonplace book as a straight web page.)
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Thursday, April 16, 2020
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More Life During COVID-19
It troubles men as much that they may possibly suffer, as if they really did suffer. (Parem passis tristitiam facit, pati posse.)
Seneca, as quoted by Montaigne
Seneca, as quoted by Montaigne
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