4.
Therefore, nothing ought to be unexpected by us.
Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all problems, and we should consider, not what is wont to happen, but what can happen.
For what is there in existence that Fortune, when she has so willed, does not drag down from the very height of its prosperity?
And what is there that she does not the more violently assail the more brilliantly it shines?
What is laborious or difficult for her?
Book: Moral Letters Vol II
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the lesson to be drawn from the burning of Lyons
Location: Chapter 91, Section 4
Content:
4.
Therefore, nothing ought to be unexpected by us.
Our minds should be sent forward in advance to meet all problems, and we should consider, not what is wont to happen, but what can happen.
For what is there in existence that Fortune, when she has so willed, does not drag down from the very height of its prosperity?
And what is there that she does not the more violently assail the more brilliantly it shines?
What is laborious or difficult for her?