“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

Circulates under Seneca

Editorial status

verified

The RiseHush citation catalog records this line under Seneca with the source locator “Letters to Lucilius, XIII”. This entry exposes the current collection metadata; it is not a substitute for checking the wording and edition you intend to quote.

Where it appears

RiseHush collections

Anxiety quotes from people who wrote in the middle of the worry
Motivational quotes that survive contact with a real day
Patience quotes for the part of the work that takes time
Self-compassion quotes for the days you are hardest on yourself

Use the record carefully

A locator is an invitation to check.

This page is a public editorial record, not a blanket rights grant and not an independent edition-by-edition audit. Wording can differ by translation and edition. If you reuse the line, inspect the cited work yourself and credit the edition that supports your wording.

See more Seneca records ↗

Check another quotation ↗