When a man is invited to a banquet he must be satisfied with the dishes put before him. Epictetus reasoned that man should be content with what life offers, and in serenity find happiness. (Volume 2, Harvard Classics)
Introductory Note: Charles Darwin (#2)
The Voyage of the Beagle (Ch. XX), by Charles Darwin
Introductory Note: Plutarch
Parallel Lives of Famous Greeks and Romans (Cæsar), by Plutarch
Introductory Note: Sir Thomas Malory
The Holy Grail (Book 17, Ch. 10-14), by Sir Thomas Malory
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi or The Betrothed (Ch. XX), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: George Berkeley
The Second Dialogue, by George Berkeley
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Compensation, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: Beaumont and Fletcher
Philaster (Act I), by Beaumont and Fletcher
Introductory Note: Jonathan Swift
A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding, by Jonathan Swift
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (Vol. I, Part I, Ch. XXXIII), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Francis Bacon
Of Judicature, by Francis Bacon
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