See children thrusting their hands into a narrow-necked jar, and striving to pull out the nuts and figs it contains? If they fill the hand, they cannot pull it out again, and then they fall to tears. Let go a few of them, and then you can draw out the rest! So, let your desire go! Covet not many things, and you will obtain the rest. Epictetus. The Golden Sayings. Number 95.
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| Terracotta sculpture of a Greek child 299-1 BCE photographed at the Portland Art Museum in Portland, Oregon. |
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