“Fate leads the willing and drags the unwilling.”
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Cleanthes’ hymn, the longest early Stoic text to survive whole.
Cleanthes. Succeeded Zeno as head of the Stoic school and led it for some thirty years, reportedly supporting himself by carrying water at night. His Hymn to Zeus is the longest early Stoic text to survive intact.