An idea from Maxims

Staying calm about a trouble that’s over, or one that hasn’t come, is easy. The trouble in front of you now is the one that beats calm. Death is the extreme case, and most people manage it by looking somewhere else.

From Maxims by François de La Rochefoucauld

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