On the recordJanuary 1, 175
The healthy eye ought to see all visible things and not to say, I wish for green things; for this is the condition of a diseased eye.
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Marcus Aurelius
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Marcus Aurelius uses the analogy of a healthy eye to illustrate the importance of perceiving reality as it is, rather than wishing for it to be different.
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