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EPISODE · Feb 11, 2020 · 2 MIN

545. Of bitter cucumbers and thorny briars

from Stoic Meditations · host Massimo Pigliucci

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

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