15. Nobody is surprised when a fig-tree brings forth figs.
Similarly, we ought to be ashamed of our surprise when the
world produces its normal crop of happenings. A physician
or a shipmaster would blush to be surprised if a patient
proves feverish, or a wind contrary.
-Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Book Eight
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
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