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I am always content with what happens for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.
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Epictetus of Hierapolis
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Difficulty shows what men are. Therefore when a difficulty falls upon you, remember that God, like a trainer of wrestlers, has matched you with a rough young man. Why? So that you may become an Olympic conqueror but it is not accomplished without sweat.
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