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Key takeaways from The Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: Marcus Aurelius on the Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength

“What happened could have happened to anyone, but not everyone could have carried on.” Open at source

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human beings have always been capable of inflicting tremendous pain on each other and capable of triumphal healing

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