Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.
In plain words
Do not dread later. You will meet it with the same head you are using now.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Meditations, Book VII, 8.
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