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I have already ceased to be anxious about you. “Whom then of the gods,” you ask, “have you found as your voucher?” A god, let me tell you, who deceives no one,—a soul in love with that which is upright and good.
The better part of yourself is on safe ground.
Fortune can inflict injury upon you; what is more pertinent is that I have no fears lest you do injury to yourself.
Proceed as you have begun, and settle yourself in this way of living, not luxuriously, but calmly.
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the natural fear of death
Location: Chapter 82, Section 1
Content:
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I have already ceased to be anxious about you. “Whom then of the gods,” you ask, “have you found as your voucher?” A god, let me tell you, who deceives no one,—a soul in love with that which is upright and good.
The better part of yourself is on safe ground.
Fortune can inflict injury upon you; what is more pertinent is that I have no fears lest you do injury to yourself.
Proceed as you have begun, and settle yourself in this way of living, not luxuriously, but calmly.