Marcus Aurelius: Is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in t

Is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a — Marcus Aurelius

Is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power?

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