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Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

Baltasar Gracian
Confidence, Fall, Achievement
Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.82, Shambhala Publications
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.