It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death. - "Epictetus"

It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the fear of pain or death.
Epictetus

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No greater thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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