Marcus Tullius Cicero advises modern man
“There are six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
Believing that personal gain is achieved by despoiling others;
Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
Insisting that a thing is impossible because we don’t know how to accomplish it;
Making important choices based on trivial preferences;
Neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
Attempting to coerce others to believe and live as we do.”
(Marcus Tullius Cicero)
. . . and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already of old time . . . .