A passage from Chrysippus

Chrysippus, Fragments (in Plutarch, On Stoic Self-Contradictions) 1042D

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When a man fixes his hope upon what is to come, considering that what is present is sufficient and welcome, he gains the most.
Chrysippus·Fragments (in Plutarch, On Stoic Self-Contradictions)·1042D·trans. Harold Cherniss
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