Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XIII: On Groundless Fears
Original: (la) Plura sunt, quae nos terrent quam quae premunt, et saepius opinione quam re laboramus.
“I don't know what frightens me more, the power that crushes us, or our endless ability to endure it.”
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Gregory David Roberts
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Shantaram
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