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There are things which are within our power, and there are things which are beyond our power.

β€” Epictetus

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Higginson's translation opens with the Stoic distinction between our own choices and external circumstances.

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Source: The Enchiridion , Section I

Edition: Thomas Wentworth Higginson translation Β· Translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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