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Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. as something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. it passes on; do not detain it. or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. so act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
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Epictetus
Remember that you ought to behave in life as you would at a banquet. as something is being passed around it comes to you; stretch out your hand, take a portion of it politely. it passes on; do not detain it. or it has not come to you yet; do not project your desire to meet it, but wait until it comes in front of you. so act toward children, so toward a wife, so toward office, so toward wealth.
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