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He who desires or avoids the things which are not in his power can neither be faithful nor free, but of necessity he must change with them and be tossed about with them as in a tempest, and of necessity must subject himself to others who have the power to procure or prevent what lie desires or would avoid;
A Selection From the Discourses of Epictetus
Epictetus
Only consider at what price you sell your own will: if for no other reason, at least for this, that you sell it not for a small sum.
A Selection From the Discourses of Epictetus
Epictetus
And then there are the Wright brothers, the inventors of the airplane according to the schoolbooks. Never mind that the first powered flight was executed nine months prior to theirs, by a New Zealander named Richard Pearse. Seemingly, it’s the last person who makes a discovery that really matters, not the first.
The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success
Albert-László Barabási
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