“Whatever happens at all happens as it should; you will find this true, if you watch narrowly.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Source: Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book IV, 10
“Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.”
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