A Quote by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus on bitterness, choice, focus, path, point of view, questions, and reality

A cucumber is bitter. - Throw it away. -
There briars in the road? - Turn aside from them.
This is enough.  Do not add, And why were such things made in the world?

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus : Roman Emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Marcus Aurelius (121 - 180)
Source: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Page: VIII:50 (page 66)
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