Series II · Card 10 of 21 · THE PAINTED PORCH
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.
SENECA · EPISTULAE MORALES 13.4
Original (Latin)
Plura sunt quae nos terrent quam quae premunt, et saepius opinione quam re laboramus.Translation: Benedikt Stafflinger
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About the author
Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist (c. 4 BC – 65 AD). His letters on ethics, time, and the good life remain among the most widely read Stoic writings.
About the source
Letters to Lucilius: Seneca’s letters to a friend, written in his final years, AD 62–65.
The question on the back
How many of your worries have only ever happened in your head?