Marcus Aurelius: All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them

All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou cans — Marcus Aurelius

All those things at which thou wishest to arrive by a circuitous road, thou canst have now, if thou dost not refuse them to thyself.

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