No longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet

No longer be pulled by the strings like a puppet to unsocial movements, no longer either be dissatisfied with thy present lot, or shrink from the future.  Marcus Aurelius while on duty at Carnuntum.  Meditations.  Book 2.


Image: Ancient Greek terracotta puppet dolls, 5th/4th century BCE at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Giovanni Dall'Orto.


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