Only Fools Rush In
Focusing on the Daily Stoic Meditation for August 18 — Only Fools Rush In, as outlined by Ryan Holiday in the bestseller 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance and the Art Of Living.
“A good person is invincible, for they don’t rush into contests in which they aren’t the strongest. If you want their property, take it — take also their staff, profession, and body. But you will never compel what they set out for, nor trap them in what they would avoid. For the only contest the good person enters is that of their own reasoned choice. How can such a person not be invincible?”
— EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.6.5–7
Only fools rush in
Only fools rush in.
People without much forethought rush in, and it always ends badly.
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Fools rush into situations that they may struggle to get out of.
Fools rush into situations that they have no prior experience with.
Fools rush into situations without thinking twice.
Fools rush into situations without thinking of their competition.
Fools rush into situations in which they are not the strongest.
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