There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?

There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it in expecting evil before it arrives?

没有什么比预料到不幸更不幸或愚蠢的了。在邪恶到来之前就期待它的到来，这是什么疯狂?

-- Marcus Annaeus Seneca 马库斯·安纳尤斯·塞内卡