A passage from Epictetus
Epictetus, Enchiridion 26
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The will of nature may be learned from things upon which we are all agreed. As, when our neighbor's boy breaks a cup, or the like, we are presently ready to say, 'These are casualties that will happen'; be assured, then, that when your own cup likewise is broken, you ought to be affected just as when another's cup was broken.
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