A man should be unbiased and not be conquered by external things: he ought to admire himself alone, to feel confidence in his own spirit, and so to order his life as to be ready alike for good or for bad fortune.
― SenecaOn a Happy Life (Chapter 8)Modernized wording
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“A man should be unbiassed and not to be conquered by external things: he ought to admire himself alone, to feel confidence in his own spirit, and so to order his life as to be ready alike for good or for bad fortune.”
Translated by Aubrey Stewart, 1889
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