"If you don't get what you want, you…" — Socrates

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Si no obtienes lo que quieres, sufres; si obtienes lo que no quieres, sufres; incluso cuando obtienes exactamente lo que quieres, aún sufres porque no puedes aferrarte a ello para siempre.

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