Seneca the Younger (Seneca) Quotes

Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.

Seneca the Younger

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• Surprise
• Weight
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• Unfamiliarity lends weight to misfortune, and there was never a man whose grief was not heightened by surprise.

  

  Seneca the Younger
  • Men
  • Grief
  • Surprise