“Study how to give as one that is sick: that thou mayest hereafter give as one that is whole. Fast; drink water only; abstain altogether from desire, that thou mayest hereafter confirm thy desire to Reason.”

—  Epictetus

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Epictetus 175
philosopher from Ancient Greece 50–138

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