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So look forward to better things.
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“So look forward to better things.”

Seneca

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Moral letters to Lucilius
Date
c. 65
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Richard M. Gummere — Translator · from Latin
Meaning

Meaning of “So look forward to better things.”

The advice resists suffering in advance: when the feared event has not happened, the present still leaves room for a better outcome.

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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 13, section 11, Richard M. Gummere translation.

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What then remains but well our pow'r to use, And keep good-humour still whate'er we lose?
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