Vaniver comments on Overly convenient clusters, or: Beware sour grapes - Less Wrong Discussion
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So, one option is to take one of the precursors, like Epictetus's:
But, obviously, this is not optimized for actually repeating it. The Mother Goose rhyme is optimized for repeating:
but seems less on point (it seems to help to specifically call out serenity, courage, and wisdom).
One could just modify the front:
I just went with the "modify the front" version, which I think works fine. Anything more accurate loses more potency than its worth IMO.