Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries ; nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.Today we love what tomorrow we hate; today we seek what tomorrow we shun; today we desire what tomorrow we fear;…
… I had played the part of those fools who strive to make stories of spectres and apparitions, and then are frighted at them more than anybody.
Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself, when apparent to the eyes; and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about…
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