Let not future things disturb thee

Let not future things disturb thee, for thou wilt come to them, if it shall be necessary, having with thee the same reason which now thou usest for present things. Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations. Book 7.



Image: Zeno of Citium, the founder of Stoicism, in the Farnese collection, Naples. Photo courtesy of Paolo Monti, 1969, and the BEIC Foundation archive in Milan.

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