Villainous Jack @[email protected]
I have no People. I have no Title.
I rule Myself. That is Knave.
Joined Oct 2022
If one is in pain then one is injured.
If one is suffering then one is deluded.
I use to suffer that people weren't what I expected them to be. My delusion was I could control what people chose to be. I realize now I have no control over others, only control over myself, and that choices made, define a person.
What delusions are you suffering today?
We must remember this clearly, that man measures his every action by his impressions; of course they may be good or bad: if good, he is free from reproach; if bad, he pays the penalty in his own person, for it is impossible for one to be deluded and another to suffer for it. The man who remembers this, I say, will be angry with no one, indignant with no one, revile none, blame none, hate none, offend none.
~Epictetus
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Epictetus Getting Over Hatred:
https://sacred-texts.com/cla/dep/dep019.htm
Epictetus On Contentment:
https://sacred-texts.com/cla/dep/dep013.htm
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@UncleIroh “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship.”
― Alexander Fraser Tytler
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You are such a conspiracy theorist @Tfmonkey because you doubt the reports that we are having a bumper crop this fall. Why would anyone trust a talking monkey online over the word of the experts who know better?
Oh. Oh wait. It looks like we are not having a bumper crop this year. Oh. It is smaller than expected. NO ONE COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING!
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I have no People. I have no Title.
I rule Myself. That is Knave.
Joined Oct 2022
