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XXVIII. Have a Drink

This helps us win in the long term.

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Oct 18, 2024
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“Occasionally we should even come to the point of intoxication, sinking into drink but not being totally flooded by it; for it does wash away cares, and stirs the mind to its depths, and heals sorrow just as it heals certain diseases.” — Seneca

This is a story of The Wolf & His Shadow from Aesop’s Fables.

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