To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.
It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.
SE SenecaStoic philosopher · 4 BCE–65 CE这句箴言的含义
Difficulty often lives in our hesitation, not the task itself. Daring to begin shrinks the very obstacle that fear had enlarged.
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Roman Stoic philosopher and statesman whose letters offer durable advice on time, fortune, and the good life.
This line is among the quotes by Seneca that readers return to on 动力 — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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