The Stoics had some profound things to say about dealing with external circumstances, and how to live peacefully in the face of hardship and a troubled future.

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Tonitza painting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Nicolae_Tonitza_-_Coada_la_paine.jpg
Triumph of death: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death#/media/File:The_Triumph_of_Death_by_Pieter_Bruegel_the_Elder.jpg
Marcus Aurelius: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius#/media/File:0_Relief_-_Monument_honoraire_de_Marc_Aur%C3%A8le_-_La_soumission_des_germains_(1).JPG
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Epictetus (1): https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Epicteti_Enchiridion_Latinis_versibus_adumbratum_%28Oxford_1715%29_frontispiece.jpg/800px-Epicteti_Enchiridion_Latinis_versibus_adumbratum_%28Oxford_1715%29_frontispiece.jpg
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Worldmap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_map#/media/File:OrteliusWorldMap1570.jpg
Memento mori: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_mori#/media/File:StillLifeWithASkull.jpg
Seneca's death: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger#/media/File:Manuel_Dom%C3%ADnguez_S%C3%A1nchez_-_El_suicidio_de_S%C3%A9neca.jpg
Great depression: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/American_union_bank.gif

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