从未中断的顺境经不起一次打击；而一个不断与自己的不幸抗争的人，在苦难中磨出了更厚的皮，不向任何灾祸屈服，即使跌倒了，也会跪着继续战斗。
― 塞涅卡《论天意》第2章现代化措辞
AI 把这份 1889 年的译文改写成了今天的英语。改动的只是措辞：每一处改写都与原文核对过，以保留其确切含义。
“Unbroken prosperity cannot bear a single blow; but he who has waged an unceasing strife with his misfortunes has gained a thicker skin by his sufferings, yields to no disaster, and even though he fall yet fights on his knee.”
Aubrey Stewart 译，1889 年