Two principles we should always have ready - that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them. (Epictetus)

Two principles we should always have ready - that there is nothing good or evil save in the will; and that we are not to lead events, but to follow them.

Epictetus

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