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Epictetus: Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as…

Demand not that events should happen as you wish; but wish them to happen as they do happen, and you will go on well.

In today’s wordsDon't demand that events happen as you wish; wish them to happen as they do, and you'll go on well.

EpictetusCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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